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Bruno S. Rinas was able to complete the work he was given because he was being fed. He never saw the Japanese shoot...

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer took advantage of the G.I. bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

John Wesley Tatum was never on the front lines [Annotator's Note: while serving in a mortar section in Company H, 2nd...

Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox's [Annotator’s Note: serving with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...

Philip Mayer and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were...

James Salerno stayed in San Diego for about four or five months. From there they went to Pearl Harbor where they saw...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings' submarine [Annotator's Note: the USS Gar (SS-206)] sunk some ships and engaged in some...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

Alfred Taddeo was with the squadron that became the Blue Angels [Annotator's Note: United States Navy Blue Angels...

Clem Thrift's most memorable experience of the war was finding out he had joined the regular Navy, learning a trade,...

When Claire Maddox went into the service [Annotator's Note: in the summer of 1943], he had the option to pick any of...

Benjamin Hagans was in Cabanatuan [Annotator’s Note: Cabanatuan, Philippines] for all of 1944 and part of 1945. He...

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