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

Beverly Coleman Oates Rougas was relieved when the war ended. Everyone felt safe and happy. Rougas thinks it is...

Kenneth Killilea was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He grew up there for the most part. He also lived in Wellesley,...

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

Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...

Benjamin Carson was born in February 1923 on a farm in Ottawa Township, Minnesota. Shortly afterward, his family moved...

Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...

For Kenneth Dwight Wells, the most difficult part of fighting against the Japanese on Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

Claude Shannahan was named for three of his dad's brothers who had died of pneumonia in Canada. Shannahan was born in...

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

[Annotator's Note: Jacklyn Lucas stowed away aboard the USS Deuel (APA-160) on 10 January 1945 for the trip from Pearl...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

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