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They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] There was nothing...

Soon after the Battle of the Philippines, Murphy Burke remembers spending a week at one of the larger ports, Ulithi....

Archie Kelley had done very well in high school and had no academic problems at all [Annotator's Note: while attending...

William Lee Barnes enlisted in the Navy and was given basic training at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station...

William “Bill” Knapp learned how tenuous life is and how men can hate each other during the Second World War. Hating is...

Norman Kleiss could not see if the bombs from the next two planes hit. When he made his run, he lined up on the big red...

Melvin Munch was born in 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was raised in the portion of the city that was referred to...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

William Hill was assigned to the USS Bonefish (SS-223) in the role of the quartermaster. War patrol became an everyday...

Even with his hearing difficulties, Robert Dickinson still jumps when loud noises go off, in just the way he did when...

Everett Hyland was born in Stamford, Connecticut in March 1923. His father died when he was one year old. He had one...

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