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Their kickoff point was Finschhafen [Annotator's Note: Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea], and when the time came, Leo V....

Once assigned to the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron [Annotator's Note: 17th Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Reconnaissance...

Albert Simon was in the Philippines. They stayed in pup tents [Annotator's Note: small sleep tents often shared by two...

Kent Butzer Kellegrew's first campaign was on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines]. He had turned 21 while on a...

Ben Ray Bost's most memorable experiences of the war are his two combat landings at Ormoc [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Fighting in the Leyte Valley area lasted for two brutal months, and John Smith related the tale of the event that...

Edwin Knight was in the Philippines when fighting began to subside. The priority for logistical support was redirected...

Wanda Damberg got up to go to the bathroom one morning and saw a nun along the way [Annotator’s Note: Damberg was in...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...

William Beaman was 18 years old when he participated in his first submarine patrol in the Pacific, and he said he didn'...

Samuel Malta remembers funny occasions during the war but he also remembers being frightened by the combat. When faced...

A day after William Garbo and his machine gun squad successfully ambushed a group of Japanese soldiers in a mountain...

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