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In the fall of 1944, Frank M. Heuer Sr. left the Hawaiian Islands and arrived at Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll...

Thomas Lusco Sr. was put on the USS Tucker [Annotator’s Note: USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875)] in December [Annotator’s...

John Singlaub was trained by the British Special Forces. Some of the training included assuming an artificial...

Yukio Kawamoto's parents did not have to divulge too much about how their time in the camp went. Kawamoto had gotten a...

Karen K. Lewis was born in 1932 in Glendale, California. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...

Jack Skaggs realized that he had been on a long journey in his life. That journey has brought him pride and enjoyment....

The second and final time Floyd Fogg was wounded, the Marines were taking Hill 515 for the fifth time. They were...

The B-29s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] had "lots of troubles," but Fiske Hanley said...

Daniel J. Lawler deployed to the Pacific in November 1943. He felt sufficiently trained. Training was hell, but he used...

Charles Womack remembers the terrain on New Guinea being thick jungles with vines growing wildly throughout and near...

They [Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher and his rear seat gunner George Fergusson] were taken to a sick bay in the bow [...

Windom Joseph Burton was born in Brittany, Louisiana in February 1921 . He had six brothers and two sisters. His father...

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