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Louise Settles worked in personnel, mostly making assignments. She had never left the United States before the Army....

Retracing his steps, Ogden Saik recalls that he was in high school and hanging around with the guys in the neighborhood...

The Battle of the Driniumor River ended in August of 1944 after the Japanese 18th Army had been completely decimated....

[Annotator’s Note: An air conditioner can be heard turning on and off throughout this clip.] The best thing Harry...

Leo V. Strausbaugh's mission [Annotator's Note: as part of Company B, 6th Ranger Battalion] on Suluan [Annotator's Note...

Lincoln Piazzo was recommended for the Medal of Honor for a mission over the most highly fortified area of the Pacific...

[Annotator's Note: Harold DeForest served in the Army as a gunner on a 60mm mortar in Company A, 1st Battalion, 129th...

Walter Groth remembers that military intelligence had underestimated the number of Japanese on the island [Annotator’s...

Without any time to become acquainted with anyone, Aloysius "Al" Arend was put on a ship bound for combat in the...

According to John Smith, ammunition supplies were not a problem, and the Allies had air and sea superiority by the time...

On one occasion, Edwin Knight removed a wounded man downhill by following a telephone wire. The wire split and changed...

Paul Fair remembers it was sandy on the beach of New Guinea, then it turned into a jungle. The weapons he used did not...

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