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Robert Barnett was at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands] about ten days before the invasion of...

Rollins Rosenzweig was born in 1924 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. His father was a prosperous man who had a grocery store...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

Arthur Fishman had one sister growing up. His mother died when he was six years old. A few years later, his father...

Remi Kidder returned to Arnaudville [Annotator's Note: Arnaudville, Louisiana]. His family knew he was returning. His...

James “Jim” R. Boyd was born in January 1921 in Long Beach, California while his parents were there on vacation....

Norman Sterrie thought he would be going home [Annotator's Note: he was a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo plane pilot in...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

15 or 20 minutes later a Chief Petty Officer came and got some men to help him fight the fires aboard the USS Cassin [...

From New Guinea, Jack Yusen and the other survivors [Annotator's Note: survivors of the 25 October 1944 sinking of the...

John "Jack" Raquepau was just bombing in the Gilbert [Annotator's Note: Gilbert Islands] and Marshall Islands [...

Mark Brannon was given a 30 day terminal leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time],...

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