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Hershel Williams was born and raised in a country atmosphere in West Virginia. His father was in the dairy business....

Peter Hebert was born in 1927 in Algiers, Louisiana. He attended Catholic school. His father worked and his mother...

As first scout, John Wicklund carried a Thompson submachine gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun...

For the invasion of Japan, Richard Nummer and the American troops were issued wool blankets and green fatigues to fight...

Carey Suratt left the United States Army Transport Imperial [Annotator's Note: USAT Imperial], and walked through mud...

When William Goldsborough learned about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

Mitchell Zimmer served aboard two sister-ship submarines, the Snapper [Annotator's Note: USS Snapper (SS-185) and the...

William Lee Barnes enlisted in the Navy and was given basic training at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station...

Jack Holder was ready to be discharged from the Navy because he had gotten married. He went to school and received a...

Calvin Moore used his G.I. Bill to buy a house and go to school. The G.I. Bill was important to post World War 2...

The US Navy had planes ready to help out at Wake Island but the admiral in charge figured that it was going to be too...

William O’Brien remembers that they ate well on the battleship. They had a small refrigerator. They checked all the...

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