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Burton Johnson arrived in Finschafen, New Guinea in the South Pacific after completing his stateside training. This was...

Kent Butzer Kellegrew was born in September 1923 in Duluth, Minnesota. After four years in Duluth, his family moved to...

Emiline Ann Bourgeois went to nurses' school [Annotator's Note: Hotel Dieu School of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana...

[Annotator's Note: Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. served with the 25th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 25th Infantry...

Prior to landing in New Guinea DeMers' unit was never given any jungle training. In Australia they were trained how to...

Carlos Reed does not think about his service much. He has memories of the war, but he does not think it made a...

Herbert Yudenfriend was born in November 1926 in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His...

When Ray Gene Gresham got out of the service, he didn't think the G.I. Bill could help him enough to afford college...

Lionel Lopez met his wife on his first leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time]. They...

Walter Groth [Annotator’s Note: stationed in the Philippines] provided fire support in the beginning. Then they were...

Mort Oman was sent to New Guinea and joined the 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire controller and trained for...

In 1935, General Billy Mitchell [Annotator's Note: Brigadier General William Lendrum Mitchell] told Congress [Annotator...

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