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John E. Johnson fought in World War 2 because he had to. He was drafted. Johnson acknowledges the war changed his life...

Robert Lents was born in October 1921 on a farm in South Creston, Iowa where he grew up and worked on a big farm his...

The weight of Donald Campbell's job was such that he rarely had off-duty time. He was responsible for the division's...

Donald Campbell returned to the United States on 4 July 1946. He married his childhood sweetheart. He was released from...

Alfred Alvarez was about 16 years old when Pearl Harbor happened [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...

Before that, while instructing in SB2As [Annotator's Note: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer light scout bomber], Clayton Fisher...

George Joseph Bertucci wanted to improve his education after the military. He received his GED and then went to air...

Jack Leaming and his pilot were taken to Yokohama. [Annotator's Note: Leaming was the rear gunner in the Douglas SDB...

When he was on shore leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in occupied Japan,...

James Allen was 16 years old in the spring of 1942 and a junior in high when he decided to join the Navy. In March he...

Lowell Rodrigue and his crew [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Zeilin (APA-3)] picked up some Marine troops and brought...

At the end of the war, James Thomas Womack was in the process of being transferred off the USS Rehobath (AVP-50) to...

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