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When he heard that the war had ended, Robert Dickinson was disappointed that he wasn't going back to combat in the...

Harold Buell returned to the United States after his Air Group 2 on Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet (CV-12)] was...

Howard Robert Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma. With environmental issues there, the mines were closed. His father...

Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...

Norman Elliott was born in November 1926 and raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. He had an older brother. Their...

Olaf Rose said he suffered no lasting effects from the war, and had no trouble transitioning from sailor to civilian....

The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alex Vraciu was...

While in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] after the battle [Annotator's Note: [Annotator’s Note:...

Jack Thornhill went to see the destroyer on exhibit in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: the USS Kidd (DD-661)]. Even...

Morton William Werner’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he was on his way to Japan, but then was sent...

The survivors hiked down the mountain to an enormous canoe that had paddlers down both sides with space in the middle....

Vernon Micheel flew his first combat mission off the Hornet [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Bombing Squadron 2 (VB-2...

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