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Hunger and thirst tormented Cleatus Lebow and his fellow shipmates from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) who were stranded...

Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...

When they [Annotators Note: James Smith and the rest of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] went back to New Zealand, they...

Before being shipped out as a replacement to the Pacific, Robert Leroy Shirkey was put on guard duty at the wharves in...

Nevin Sledge admired the SeaBees [Annotator's Note: Members of US naval construction battalions]. They did everything...

After World War 2, Rex James Bates matured and became a more responsible person. He remarks about his time at the...

James Roland Westbrook was born in November 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama, where his father was studying accounting. They...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. left a situation where he was tasked with destroying everything and went home to a place...

Mack has had a good life. He worked for the Army Corps of Engineers for thirty five years. He retired in 1981. His...

Emil Kesselman liked being a civilian and a father, and did not have any ideas of going back in the service [Annotator’...

George Colburn used the G.I. Bill to attend the Franklin Institute of Boston [Annotator's Note: Benjamin Franklin...

The first glimpse Aaron Baumgarten had of Alaska was from the air, and he was impressed with its pristine vastness....

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