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Before the Battle of the Coral Sea , Vejtasa's group got some information on the Japanese base at Rabaul and the...

Sam L. Miller was born in September 1926 and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He was an only child because his mother could...

Having been rescued from his ditched aircraft at the Battle of Midway, Tony Schneider was taken first to Midway Island...

Melvin S. Tanenbaum hated the Japanese during the war. They made sneak attacks with no warning. It was a blessing to...

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

Harvey Mittleman was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York City, New York] in May 1925. Mittleman and his...

In the fall of 1943, When Frank M. Heuer Sr.’s course at Hall-Scott Motor Car Company [Annotator’s Note: in Berkeley,...

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

Raymond Hayes and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tortuga (LSD-26)] went to different places in China, delivering food...

Robert D. Shaner says that the landing at Luzon [Annotator's Note: Battle of Luzon, 9 January to 15 August 1945, Luzon...

Raymond Bailey was on the mess deck washing cups when he felt the first shudder caused by the bomb hit [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

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