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James Carrington's war started on 7 December 1941. He was a prisoner for two years. On 3 February 1945 he moved into...

Richard Witaker had a memorable experience after the campaign for Okinawa was over and the island was declared secured...

John Wesley Tatum left Fiji [Annotator's Note: Fiji, Oceania] to go to Goodenough Island [Annotator's Note: Goodenough...

Iwo Jima as the worst place Dave Severance fought. They could not see the enemy. The terrain was rough and open. Living...

When Robert Powers invaded Guam, he did not go in on one of the new amphibious tractors [Annotator's Note: Landing...

Frank Campisano was happy to go back home. He was single while in the military and was having a good time. He went...

Cleatus Lebow was kept in the hospital ward for four weeks, then flew from Samar Island [Annotator's Note: Samar Island...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. left New Guinea and was assigned to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Fristoe...

Walter Groth thought he would not have been there if it was not for the war. He was headed into certain death. He was a...

On the way to Okinawa, Joe Clapper answered a call on the ship's horn for all those wounded on Peleliu to appear...

Ray Emory was born in Peoria, Illinois, one of eight children. His father lost his leg during the Great Depression,...

William Barnes manned a 20 millimeter antiaircraft gun aboard USS PC-590. When an enemy plane came at the ship it...

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