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After arriving on Pavuvu Island, Romus Burgin and the rest of the 1st Marine Division began training for the invasion...

One of Karr's uncles was an original member of the American Legion when it was founded in Paris in World War I. Another...

During the Battle of Surigao Strait, Mark Brannon said the USS Hutchins (DD-746) had spent almost all of its ammunition...

Harold DeForest fought in World War 2 because he loves this country and felt that it was worth fighting for. His...

According to John Smith, ammunition supplies were not a problem, and the Allies had air and sea superiority by the time...

While Childers was a cadet he was asked by Colonel Mangrum if he had received a Purple Heart. When he told Mangrum that...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Swan was a pilot and navigator in Navy Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44). He was the navigator and...

Carrol Smith served in the Marine Corps in 1943 and 1944. He was deployed overseas in short order. The bombs were...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Wesley Carroll what was going through his mind when his plane was going down.]...

After the Japanese captured the field hospital where Joseph DeMott was being treated [Annotator's Note: he was wounded...

Jack D. Owen [Annotator’s Note: Assigned to the USS Colusa (APA-74) as the radar striker] arrived in Pearl Harbor [...

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