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Jack Skaggs joined the Oklahoma National Guard when he was 15 years old. He was in Headquarters Battery, 70th Field...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

Anna McCalla Noren was born in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1921. She grew up on a farm with her parents and four siblings...

In May 1943, Paul Lawrence had technically been the Navy for one year. While at school, he waited tables. Lawrence was...

Deen was supposed to follow Bill Thompson [Annotators Note: during the invasion of Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. He was...

Harry Walker Wellford felt queasy much of the time on his destroyer [Annotator's Note: USS Harrison (DD-573)]. He often...

The Air Force had a habit of giving flyers a shot of whiskey before they went into a debriefing. John Caudle went...

After one patrol during which he was carrying a heavy BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle], Richard...

Willie Roy Hebert qualified as expert on the M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as...

Joseph LaNier did not know what he would do after the service. He was reserve and not regular Army. Consequently, his...

On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Earl Wergin [Annotator's Note: with the USS...

Lewis S. Evans served as assistant harbor master for his community in Massachusetts after he retired. He answered the...

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