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Gerry Jones trained with the United States Marines, joining the Scout and Sniper Company at Camp Elliott [Annotator's...

Gerry Jones was painting radio towers in California when he heard the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...

There were a lot of good guys in Frank Stewart's unit with the exception of some of the officers. On Guadalcanal,...

The first day Dale LeBlanc was ashore on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: LeBlanc landed on Okinawa on 1 April 1945] they...

Coming home from Japan was a joyous time for Don Daniels. His brother was already out of the service. They tried to get...

In 1940, the US Navy broke the Japanese code. On 27 November of 1941 Giles Bacon heard about a Japanese tanker that...

Thomas Joseph Lemme was born in January 1926 in Albany [Annotator's Note: Albany, New York]. He had two older brothers...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur Pendleton served in the US Marine Corps as a machine gunner in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st...

Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kwajalein, 31 January to 3 February 1944] D-Day [Annotator's Note: military...

After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945 at Iwo Jima, Japan], Robert Erskine...

Aboard ship, the head [Annotator's Note: naval slang for toilet or bathroom] was full. Nobody showed any fear...

James Smith feels there are parts of World War 2 that can be pretty instructive to the future. He believes that with...

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