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William Smith was in Australia for about two weeks. They pulled some shenanigans. He and his crew were sent to Brisbane...

William Garbo first entered a combat zone in an Army DUKW [Annotator's Note: an amphibious truck, referred to as a Duck...

In 1944, Kenneth A. Lafleur and the 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force were sent to an airfield in Finschhafen, New...

Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was a Navy Armed Guard and guarded US Merchant Marine ships during World War 2....

Robert Prince's outfit [Annotator's Note: 98th Field Artillery Battalion (pack)] was needed in New Guinea because at...

Leo Denault remembers his pilot would give them flight time. He decided Denault and the engineer were supposed to fly...

In March 1944, at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, Charles Chatterton was assigned to the USS LCI(L)-334 [Annotator'...

The Battle of the Driniumor River lasted for 45 days. William Garbo was attached to a regiment of the Army's Dixie...

From Townsville, Australia, Robert Leese went to Port Moresby, New Guinea, which was still occupied in the north by the...

Ruffin Walker Dawson [Annotator's Note: with the 51st Defense Battalion] found out he was going overseas in February...

When the Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Battle of Hollandia, New Guinea; Operation Reckless, 22 April to 6 June 1944]...

Stanley Fagerstrom was a corporal going into an outfit that was already established in combat. He was attached to...

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