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Jack Skaggs was born in Norman, Oklahoma in 1922. He grew up during the Great Depression. His father was a truck driver...

William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....

Paul J. Frisco and his fellow crewmen were not intimidated by the threat of kamikazes because of their supreme...

Samuel Hadjinian learned how to drink and smoke through his experience of World War 2. The war helped with his career...

Robert Leroy Shirkey was born in Vliets, Kansas in April 1924. He grew up on a farm with eight brothers and sisters....

While on Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Solomon Islands], the island was not fully secured. Haney...

After finishing 31 missions, James "Jim" Marshall laid around, went to the PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange], played...

Mac Glenn Morris flew for the first time in the backseat of a Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75...

Meda Royce Hall and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 68 (VC-68) aboard the USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)]...

Hopkins finished that phase in September 1941. Hopkins was assigned to Bombing Squadron 4 which operated off of the USS...

James Roland Westbrook served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines [Annotator's Note: 24th Marine Regiment], 4th...

Richard Keller grew up in Hahnville, Louisiana. He started first grade in 1924 and graduated in 1935. From there,...

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