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Donald F. Goyette spent time on Iwo Jima [Annotator's note: Iwo Jima, Japan]. When the Marines were preparing to invade...

Malcolm Ernest was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in June 1916. He was at Nichols Field in Manila [Annotator's Note:...

Joseph Vater's older brother was old enough to serve, but was married and had a child, so he was not drafted. Vater was...

O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour, assigned to the USS Preston (DD-379), met the fleet in the Pacific [Annotator’s Note:...

Martin Carmody was briefed that there were no available carriers for them to fly off of. The Saratoga [Annotator's Note...

Kenneth Killilea received his Marine Corps boot camp training at Parris Island. The moment he stepped off the bus upon...

Grant H. Ichikawa was born in April 1919. His father had come to the United States from Japan. People from Japan were...

John "Jack" Raquepau was just bombing in the Gilbert [Annotator's Note: Gilbert Islands] and Marshall Islands [...

By the end of the war, William Sturman was a Third Class Petty Officer. He used the G.I. Bill to attend New Mexico...

Harold DeForest landed in New Caledonia and was sent to a replacement center. There, he and another guy volunteered to...

After finishing his training, John Snyder was assigned to the USS Harry Lee (APA-10), which transported troops to North...

Emmanuel Nazarro Damonte trained as a replacement. His division was already overseas. When he shipped over, he landed...

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