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Noah Lewis thinks the white servicemen were promoted to better positions than their black counterparts. He knows in the...

William C. Ellzey’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15...

The major air base in the Gilbert [Annotator's Note: Gilbert Islands] and Marshall Islands was at Truk Island. John "...

The Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)] had torpedo problems on most of her runs. Billy Grieves kept an...

Wilbur Rogers likes to tell a story about a pigeon. [Annotator's Note: Rogers grins briefly.] After the invasion of the...

Walter Bowsher made his first arrest while he was in the Army. He was serving as a temporary military policeman when he...

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

Rob Roy Ratliff was assigned to the communications section of Headquarters, 5th Marine Division. At the time, the 5th...

Ed Weber saw a movie with John Payne [Annotator's Note: John Howard Payne, American actor] and Maureen O'Sullivan [...

Clarence Strobel believes his service in World War 2 was necessary. He made good friends and realized that he was a...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

Wiley discussed how the natives found a large canoe that they could use. They filled the holes in the canoe with sap...

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