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Raleigh W. Johnson Jr. was born in October 1926 in Houston, Texas. He attended public school from primary to high...

Lowell Rodrigue was born in June 1924 in Edgard, Louisiana, but was raised in St. Rose, Louisiana. His father worked...

Elmer Koenig was interviewing teachers about why they were leaving. He taught in Los Angeles County [Annotator’s Note:...

After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

Harper Gruber was born in November 1924 in his grandmother's home town of Branchville, South Carolina, where the doctor...

Murphy Burke was born in Morgan City, Louisiana in February 1926. He and his only sibling, a sister, grew up in New...

Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Elmer Spraker was born in April 1927 in Malden, Massachusetts, the second of two children. After his mother died...

The LST-700 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-700] eventually made it back to the Philippines. Carey Suratt needed repair...

Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...

John St. Germain was born in Saint John, North Dakota in September 1926. He had four brothers and two sisters. Two...

Charles Chatterton was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1925. and grew up in the nearby town of Quincy. He...

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