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David Hanning believes he was lucky that his service happened during a meaningful and necessary requirement. He...

Roy Boreen felt that World War 2 did not change his values in life although the war did have an impact on his life...

Louis Conter left boot camp in San Diego, California with the knowledge that he was to be assigned to the battleship...

Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and...

When Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...

Richard H. Kerr was born in June 1946 in Edgerton, Wisconsin. He grew up with a brother and sister. His father was a...

Harold C. Cook felt he was only a part of the war when he served. They liked to make jokes about MacArthur [Annotator's...

They [Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher and his rear seat gunner George Fergusson] were taken to a sick bay in the bow [...

By 1944 Harold Ward had added some stripes to his arm. Ward was transferred to an AK ship, a big liberty ship [...

Rufus Harris does not recall celebrating the atomic bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands] was a morale...

John Burr wrote letters to his wife. They would get mail sporadically. They wrote letters and would give them to the...

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