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The USS LST-809 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] spent 60 hours unloading its cargo of men, aviation fuel and...

Edmond Guidry wanted to kill the Japanese for what they did. When the war ended, the United States still did not trust...

When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...

Clem Thrift was born in January 1927 in Thomasville, North Carolina. He never knew his father, who died in an accident...

David Hanning retired after 32 years in the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses the...

Ray Eshelman knew everybody was going to be drafted. There was also a universal interest in joining the service and...

Louis Conter returned to the United States for night fighter training. When he received his commission in New Guinea,...

Fermer Kellogg was born in April 1925. He was born, raised and resides in Burbank, California. His family made...

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

Richard Tempus Dixon's time in the Philippines was interesting. Some of the natives got hold of some hand grenades and...

[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...

After liberation, Robert Lents was flown to Calcutta, India where he spent six weeks in a hospital. At the time he was...

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