Search results

Narrow your search
Narrow your search

Branch of Service

Theater

Refine your search
Sort by:

The map only displays records that have geographic information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Map is loading...
Thomason, David Prewar Life to Navy Enlistment
David Thomason was born in October 1925. He had four brothers and grew up on a farm outside of Fountain Inn [Annotator'...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 1
James was born in North Texas in Aberdene. The town is no longer there. He lived there until he was 10 years old. His...
Floravante, Emile Battle of the Bulge
Alfred Anthony Alvarez was clearing out a town [Annotator's Note: with the 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry...
Griffith, Leon Raid at Cabanatuan
Leon Griffith had a Tommy gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun] on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte...
Horton, Alan Recognition and the G.I. Bill
Allen Horton was called back to Navy headquarters in New York to pick up a Silver Star. The citation was for his work...
Hammond, Robert Segregated Training and Assignment to Montford Point
Robert Hammond was sent to Great Lakes, Illinois in the dead of winter for boot camp. He was prepared for the cold, but...
Alair, Gene Saipan
Gene Alair was aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the battle of Guadalcanal. Saipan was a big operation [Annotator’s...
Roy, William Battle of the Coral Sea
William Roy [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) as the aircraft carrier's photographer] left Pearl Harbor...
Bishop, Charles Segment 2
Life aboard ship was just something Charles Bishop and his fellow sailors adjusted to. They worked four hours on and...
Leaming, Jack Reflections
Jack Leaming sees the war as something they had to live with. They had to do the best they could to be happy and have a...
Watson, Harry First Patrol and Qualifying
Harry Watson went to Newport, Rhode Island [Annotator's Note: for Navy boot camp training], and couldn't understand why...

Pages