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Daniel Morisak left Kiriwina [Annotator's Note: Kiriwina Island in the Trobriand Island Group of Papua New Guinea]...

Frank Pryor combated loaded his troopship in Hilo, Hawaii. The fleet came together at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Francis John "Dick" Varone wanted to stay in the Marine Corps while he was overseas [Annotator's Note: with the 5th...

Melvin Munch had a 15 day leave following his basic training in the United States Navy. It took four days each way for...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner snuck out of Austria and made his way to the United States, arriving on 8 May 1939.]...

The most memorable experience of World War 2 for Carroll George was the fountain of black crude oil in the crew's...

Harper Gruber was born in November 1924 in his grandmother's home town of Branchville, South Carolina, where the doctor...

The Laffey escorted a ship named the Dashing Wave [Annotator's Note: SS Dashing Wave] all the way back to the States [...

Bailey and the Marines got there [Annotator's Note: Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa] on the 11th [Annotator's Note: 11 June 1945...

Annotator’s Note: Video and sound are very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

James Warren David recalled getting seasick occasionally, especially if the conditions were rough. After serving in the...

Ben Steele knew things were getting tense when he was sent overseas. When he got to Hawaii, he received orders to go to...

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