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James Warren David was born in Youngsville, Louisiana in January 1926. During the Great Depression, his father and...

Hilar Moore was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands], which was the forward base for the...

James Patterson was called up on 23 February 1943. He was sent to boot camp with a bunch of other reservists. They...

When the ship he returned home aboard was approaching San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], James...

Pedro S. Parra served in the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion. He was born in Canadian, Texas in October 1922. He had...

Remi Kidder was born in 1926 in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Raised on a farm, Kidder's father was always busy with the...

On Raymond Birdsall's [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 3rd Class on the USS Batfish (SS-310) serving in the Pacific]...

Carrel Reavis went from Virginia to basic training on a segregated train. When he went overseas, his ammunition company...

Melvin C. Whitman was born and raised in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. In high school, his...

Charles Brooks was sent to Corpus Christie, Texas as a night flight instructor. [Annotator's Note: Brooks was a TBF...

[Annotators Note: Robert Freligh served as a TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13),...

John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: a member of the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit known as the Alamo Scouts]...

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