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Sidney Philips remembers the trip overseas as sitting around the boat chewing fingernails. Life aboard a troopship is...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe and men from his outfit, a detachment of the US Marine Corps' 1st Defense Battlion, were...

Gerald West walked back two miles to the main camp and Edson [Annotator's Note: USMC Colonel, later Major General,...

Thomas Edward Pugh made it to Washington the day Germany surrendered [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...

Thomas Goss’ most memorable experiences of World War 2 were meeting his wife and the atomic bombs dropping on Japan [...

After recuperating, Gerald West left for New Georgia. The Raiders landed on New Georgia at one o’clock in the morning...

Thomas Edward Pugh sailed into Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] and saw the damage to the ships in...

James Bowie was born in September 1925 in Mississippi. Bowie had two sisters and one brother. He was the youngest. His...

Thomas Kolesa got married. He went to Edwardsville [Annotator's Note: Edwardsville, Illinois] and his mother was crying...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

[Annotators note: Interview starts off in mid conversation about the format of the interview.] Richard Greer was born...

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

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