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James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...

Leo William Schmittgens was born in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri] in February 1926. He had four...

William Cart was born in April 1922 in Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina]. He grew up on the...

James J. Hill enjoyed the swimming opportunities near his base when not in action. There were ideal conditions for it....

After he returned to duty, Lloyd Dendy had a case come up where a member had a death in the family. The Red Cross is...

Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...

Bill Jenkins saved Deen's life on the first day [Annotators Note: Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. The men were busy...

The second day they were run out by the Japanese again [Annotators Note: On Okinawa, April 1945]. Deen notes that it...

Next, Stanley Stewart was sent to Jacksonville Air Station [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Station Jacksonville] in...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

Ira Schilling and his outfit of assault engineers landed in the third wave during the invasion of Saipan. They landed...

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