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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...

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

Paul Franklin landed in Manila Bay [Annotator’s Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] 23 days after setting sail. 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...

Harold Jones [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Pacific in May 1944 with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th...

Jacques Brewster Smith and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...

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

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

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

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