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Francis Borrell was woken up early one morning and was told about the Japanese surrendering. Everyone was celebrating,...

Charles Bruce was on the USS Lander (APA-178). Their job was to haul men and equipment wherever they needed to go. They...

While preparing to graduate from high school, Charles “Chuck” Franzke was encouraged by his father to take a test to...

Howard Robert Charles was inducted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in June 1940] in San Diego [Annotator's...

After twelve weeks of training in Gulfport [Annotator's Note: Gulfport, Mississippi] Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was sent...

David Hanning was assigned as an assistant to a lieutenant and then to the headquarters of an adjutant general where he...

Jack Leaming and his SBD pilot had just completed their bombing run on Marcus Island when the antiaircraft fire became...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the invasions of the Marshall and Gilbert...

Thomas Tizzard was on the USS Helena (CL-50) when it was hit by torpedoes ans sunk on 6 July 1943 [Annotator's Note:...

After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...

Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was assigned to LST-357 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in May [Annotator's Note: May...

Vernon Micheel met his future wife in June 1943 in Wildwood, New Jersey. They were married in October 1946. Micheel...

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