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Carlos V. Reed was born in December 1923 in Los Angeles, California. He was an only child. Before he was one year old,...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, but was raised around San Augustine [Annotator's Note: San...

When James Wilson got off of Peleliu [Annotator's Note: the Battle of Peleliu, September to November 1944, Peleliu,...

After action in the Marshall Islands [Annotator's Note: Marshall Islands Campaign, 29 January to 22 February 1944,...

Byron Herbert Meader's most memorable experience of World War 2 was meeting up with the Russians and observing how they...

Ben Steele was told the war was over by a Japanese officer. At first, the Americans did not believe him, but American B...

The next bad thing to happen was when Childers tried to fire at a Zero [Annotator's Note: Japanese fighter aircraft],...

[Annotator’s Note: There are various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce’s most memorable...

Fred Bergeron was 19 years old when he took part in the Battle of Midway. He did not really have any idea just how...

Bruner's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Coghlan (DD-606)] returned briefly to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before setting out for...

During the night the Japanese must have started a push because the ship [Annotators Note: the destroyer USS Evans]...

Clarence Robert Duff does not believe World War 2 changed him. It made him realize how green he was. He learned a lot...

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