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James Bollich's younger brother never made it overseas. One brother died in a fighter pilot accident and the other died...

Bruno S. Rinas believes that had the Americans been given better training and equipment, they would have held out...

Harold “Hal” Leith was given a good rank [Annotator’s Note: in March, 1946, as an employee of the SSU, or Strategic...

Mark Maynard [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] sailed from Pearl Harbor to Midway to top off fuel...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was raised in Richmond, Virginia. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a...

On the battleship, J. W. Childs said, it was mandatory for a sailor to wear his white hat if he went outside of his...

Jimmie F. Dyer was born and raised on a farm in Castro County, Texas in April 1926. His dad was a farmer and there were...

Windom Joseph Burton was born in Brittany, Louisiana in February 1921 . He had six brothers and two sisters. His father...

When Frank Pryor left Hawaii, he was sent to Japan instead of the mainland [Annotator's Note: the United States...

Edward Bale spent the first night on Tarawa sleeping next to a disabled LVT [Annotator's Note: Landing Vehicle, Tracked...

Ralph Burch went to signal school in San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco, California]. He was put in the...

Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands] was taken on 1 November [Annotator's Note: 1...

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