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

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

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...

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

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

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

Ernest Cowell was first sent to Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands], an atoll in the Pacific...

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

They [Annotator's Note: Leonard Brooks, his family, and the 600 other missionaries] arrived at Santo Tomas and spent...

Wesley Waggoner had a recommendation to join the Navy SeaBees or Construction Battalion [Annotator’s Note: Waggoner and...

The 96th Division [Annotator's Note: 96th Infantry Division] spent Christmas [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944] on...

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