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After a 21-day voyage across the Pacific, Mort Oman arrived in Buna, New Guinea and was sent to a replacement depot...

Eugene Corson went to Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22 June...

Vernon Micheel was born and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college in Ames [Annotator's Note: Ames, Iowa] and...

Emil Kesselman was born in April 1927 in Jamaica, New York. He had one brother, George, who has since passed, and a...

Ernest "Ernie" Andrus left [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on a Merchant Marine ship. Once they were...

[Annotator’s Note: Someone is coughing in the background throughout this segment.] Willie D. Knippers was born in Pike...

Arthur Fishman's bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Robinson (DD-562)] was near the engine room below deck. He...

Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson enlisted in the Navy and was sent to a ship in the Hudson River to train on. He was supposed...

James Wilson shows the helmet he had on [Annotator's Note: when he was shot while serving with Company G, 2nd Battalion...

Billy Grieves talks about the eulogies he gives for friends who have passed away. He has officiated a number of...

Robert Addison was born in Akron, Ohio in December 1922. Growing up he was very athletic and played many different...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled that one day [Annotator's Note: one day while he was taking part in the Battle of...

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