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Despite his father's initial objection, William Hall was excited to be activated as a Marine. Hall was sent to San...

1 [Annotator's Note: Japanese guard in the Philippines] was known as the duck. The duck was impulsive. Hanna didn't...

William C. Ellzey was born in September 1922 in Agricola, Mississippi. The oldest of nine children, he grew up on a 40-...

John E. Johnson fought in World War 2 because he had to. He was drafted. Johnson acknowledges the war changed his life...

Tenney joined the National Guard in November of 1940. He joined to get his year of service completed before the draft...

Robert L. Donovan boarded a troop transport to go to Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. The infantry landed ahead of them. As...

During the days following their [Annotator's Note: Harlan Twible and the other survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35...

On the troop ship out of Pearl Harbor, Holly Rees said there was little to do, and the soldiers played cards and got...

William H. Greason feels so blessed to be here and to be part his church. He tried to stay humble throughout his life....

Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....

[Annotator's Note: Phineas Stevens was ordered to join a Landing Ship Tank flotilla, LST Flotilla 7, from San Francisco...

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