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Villarrubia, Forrest Becoming a Marine
Forrest Villarrubia volunteered for the Marines the day after his high school graduation. His mother would not sign for...
Borne, Edwin Becoming a Marine
At the time of Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. 's enlistment [Annotator's Note: in the United States Marine Corps in December...
Hebert, Richard Postwar Life
After his discharge from the Army in August 1945, Richard Hebert, Sr. came home and attended Springhill College in...
Paris, Thomas War's End
Thomas Paris learned about events by radio. He would write letters home. They had C-47s [Annotator’s Note: The Douglas...
McGovern, Robert Prewar and Occupation Duty in the Pacific
Robert E. McGovern was born in October 1926 in Flint, Michigan. His parents were from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and his...
Bender, Harry Returning Home and Recollections
Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BARman, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th...
Hanning, David Occupation Duties in Japan
David Hanning says the goal of the program was to train interpreters to act as a translator between the American...
Pavlovich, Theodore Fighting a Determined Enemy
When Theodore Pavlovich was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands], it was wet and rough. For...
Wells, Kenneth Surviving on Okinawa
Kenneth Dwight Wells joined Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division on the front lines...
Amsden, Ben Enlistment to Naval Aviator
In the Spring of 1942, Benjamin Clark Amsden started pursuing going into Naval Aviation. He found out the eye exam was...
Ramage, James D. "Jig Dog" Going to the Naval Academy and Becoming a Naval Aviator
James Ramage started his career in the US Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The non-aviators in the Navy at the...
Higgins, Richard Going Home and Japanese Tactics
Richard Higgins left Peleliu and went to Pavuvu and got off the ship. The next day a clerk told Higgins that he was...

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