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There was a prisoner of war camp near where James Patterson was stationed [Annotator’s Note: in New Guinea]. They put...

At the time of Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. 's enlistment [Annotator's Note: in the United States Marine Corps in December...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he embraced military life.] Zilliacus liked the Navy very...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. remained in the reserves after the war so that he could depart active service earlier. He...

Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands] was a morale...

Another torpedo came and hit the USS California [Annotators Note: during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]. Another...

Jack Pierce went to boot camp for six weeks in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. Then he went to L.A...

Harold Zeringer returned to New Orleans in March 1946 and embarked on a concentrated law school effort. He took three...

John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts]...

Leisey recalls having to do sponge ball therapy so he could build up the strength up in his hand. He has problems...

Arthur Jackson had been influenced by Marine pilots and wanted to fly. At the recruiting office he took the aviation...

William Stewart was sent to Washington state to work on the radar in flying box cars. He made corporal as an auto...

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