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Robert D. Shaner came into New Guinea and his ship, the LST-475 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-475], was not there so he...

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...

Philip Grass got a pistol from Negros [Annotator’s Note: Negros, Philippines]. They had a machine gun and two BARs [...

John Wicklund says the most effective weapon the infantry used was the Browning Automatic Rifle [Annotator's Note: BAR...

Adjustment to military life was only difficult at first for Ira Milan; for a couple of weeks he was lonesome, as were...

Gene Alair went in and out of Guadalcanal many times. Nothing really stands out to him about it other than he lost a...

After resting in Australia, Robert Jarvis’ regiment [Annotator’s Note: 534th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, 4th...

Carlos Reed does not think about his service much. He has memories of the war, but he does not think it made a...

Louise Settles had a date or two in Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Hollandia, New Guinea] and she was very disappointed....

Allen Pedersen transferred to a new company, the 386th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company, after the war ended in...

After graduating from Navy training, Sam S. McKeel was assigned to LST-579 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] and...

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