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While heading to the invasion of Iwo Jima, Richard Nummer's convoy of ships was joined by numerous ships at Saipan....

[Annotators Note: Giles Bacon enlisted in the USMC in January 1939. He was assigned as a brig guard at Pearl Harbor and...

While in Hawaii, Frank Faust treated crew members from submarines while they were on leave. Faust also taught first aid...

Robert J. "Bob" Brasel and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 1st Platoon, Battery C, 389th Antiaircraft Artillery (...

From there [Annotator's Note: Midway Island] they returned to Pearl Harbor. There, James Allen joined the Silversides [...

Deployment overseas for William Pierce was originally to be to Saipan. Because that battle had ended, Pierce's ship was...

Roger Shaw made a big mistake in his first opportunity as a ship's captain. He was assigned to an Army transport and...

Near the end of the war, while the 11th Airborne [Annotator's Note: 11th Airborne Division] was flown to Okinawa [...

[Annotator's Note: Andrew Petrus' wife talks about her family offscreen.] Andrew Petrus had a friend who bought a hotel...

Jacob Velfling, Jr. was born in Cadillac, Michigan in May 1926. Velfling played many sports in high school and had a...

Returning to his experiences earlier in his Navy career, Lauren Bruner discusses particulars about his first ship, the...

John H. Cole was in Company M, 3rd Battalion, 381st Heavy Weapons [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 381st...

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