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Adolph Wilson thinks The National WWII Museum is great. It shows appreciation for the veterans who served in the war....

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. Thinking about the war, he says that during it he...

William Wayne was drafted and went to Fort Leonard Wood in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri] for...

There was a lot of Uncle Sam [Annotator's Note: Uncle Sam; a common national personification of the federal government...

Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....

Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into...

Charles Chatterton was responsible for orienting new personnel on the vessel [Annotator's Note: USS LCI(L)-334]. A man...

Carrol Smith landed during the invasion of Angaur Island in the Palau island group [Annotator’s Note: the invasion...

Edwin Henlebin described the beachhead as glutted with supplies. The problem was getting the material from the beach to...

John W. Snyder was born in March 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Growing up, Snyder's family was poor. However, because...

[Annotator's Note: Maynard David served in the USAAF as a bombardier on Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in...

Richard Greer saw a few Red Cross things and the show Bob Hope was in on Pavuvu. He only watched for a little while...

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