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Byron Herbert Meader was born in May 1919 in Ellsworth, Maine. His father worked as a laborer. During the Great...

Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was born in April 1923 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...

Richard Lafleur went to Fort Riley [Annotator's Note: in Geary and Riley Counties, Kansas] for basic training after...

Adolfo V. Celaya reached Iwo Jima [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]. The ship bombarded the...

Nevin Sledge wanted to be a Marine pilot, but he had to go through Navy aviation school. He went to the Navy and was...

Mason Brownell Fitch and his bomber crew [Annotator's Note: of the 504th Bombardment Group] returned from a mission...

Virginia Wilterdink's most memorable experience of the war was hearing the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl...

James Richard O'Rorke was assigned to a Japanese baron and his beautiful home which was safe between Nagasaki [...

Ellis Whaley was born in Lumberport, West Virginia in December 1923. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He went to high...

Stanley John Niec decided not to stay in the Navy after the war. He used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill...

When on the P-34 ship that pulled them out of the ocean, William Leibold and the other survivors of the Tang [Annotator...

[Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral James D. "Jig Dog" Ramage, commanded Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10), a scout-...

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