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Roy Stewart and his unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] entered the "amphitheater...

Daniel J. Lawler went into Peking, China [Annotator's Note: modern day Beijing, China] after Okinawa [Annotator's Note...

Ralph Weymouth was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] in San Diego when he learned of the...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

Norman Kleiss went to the ready room. The weather was very cloudy with just a few patches of open sky. A Japanese plane...

Emmett Kaylor was born in Highspire, Pennsylvania. He went to school from kindergarten to 12th grade was in the same...

Homer Myers was born in Union Grove, North Carolina in October 1924. His parents worked hard on a little farm. He got...

Jimmie Dyer returned to the United States in July 1946. He wanted to surprise his family. His uncle was the undertaker...

Besides the attack from the Japanese scout, Carroll Harris did not have any other combat experiences with the Japanese...

Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...

On one patrol, Melvin C. Whitman shot a big rat off a fence. The shot scared a hiding Japanese soldier and one of...

Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine captured by the Japanese at Guam, Mariana Islands] was taken [...

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