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George Colburn got a ten-day leave to go home after bootcamp. Two of his buddies were home at the same time. He then...

When James Wilson got off of Peleliu [Annotator's Note: the Battle of Peleliu, September to November 1944, Peleliu,...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

Robert Addison was born in Akron, Ohio in December 1922. Growing up he was very athletic and played many different...

Forrest Villarrubia and the Marines on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Monitor (LSV-5)] were loaned to General...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

After the war ended, Dr. Robert Beynon and the USS Bowfin (SS-287) went to Long Island [Annotator's Note: Long Island,...

James J. Hill lived through one tough experience. It was the mission that Pappy was shot down [Annotator’s Note: later...

Henry Joffray sailed his first Merchant Marine voyage delivering shredded wheat for the troops. [Annotator's Note:...

In the fall of 1944, Frank M. Heuer Sr. left the Hawaiian Islands and arrived at Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll...

James Salerno was born in Summit, New Jersey, in 1918. Before the war he worked as a clerk in a store. Salerno chose...

When Charles Weskey Borders got to New Guinea it had not been secured. The worst time was when he was based at Noemfoor...

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