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Astley Blackwell feels that it is very important for students to learn about World War 2. There is a museum at the base...

Socrates Dendrinelis was in Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan] for some time. He came back to San Francisco [...

Edwin Henlebin loaded onto a troop ship in San Francisco, California. He was issued Army clothing so that he couldn't...

When Wallace McKay departed for New Guinea, he returned to Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Hollandia, New Guinea; now...

After the war, Robert Perry found employment as a painter and as a lumber yard worker. He never used the G.I. Bill [...

Starnes grew up in Decatur, Georgia. His father was a travelling salesman. By the time he started school he was living...

Given 30 days survivor leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Donald Herbert Shown...

The boats were scattered around little islands, each with a pier, and Richard McEwen said the sailors ate their meals...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

Jack Linscott was 16 years old when the war broke out. He did not know there was something going on in the Pacific. The...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Dye served in the Navy aboard USS LSM-232.] There were 60 men and 6 officers on their crew....

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

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