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After combat on Tinian ended and the island was secured, Ira Schilling was sent to Hawaii. First, however, he reported...

While overseas, Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little...

As the war was nearing its end, some of William Cart's friends were sent to China but he went up to the Roi fighter...

Charles Martin was at the hospital when the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945]. He found out that...

Gravois was born in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana and grew up in Edgard, Louisiana until he was 17.Pearl Harbor was on 7...

Ruffin Walker Dawson was born in Saint Francisville, Louisiana in 1924 [Annotator's Note: November 1924]. He grew up on...

When the Battle of the Tenaru River ended, Lieutenant Port recommended Frank Stewart for the Navy Cross but the captain...

Rivers Richardson King thought the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] dive bomber was very...

After his tour on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, James Franklin Young and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd...

Besides the flag raising, Dave Severance's most vivid memory was the loss of troops. They knew that the Japanese were...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

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