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Floyd James Reissig, known as Buddy, was born in Travis County, outside of Austin, Texas in March 1919. His father was...

After action in the Marshall Islands [Annotator's Note: Marshall Islands Campaign, 29 January to 22 February 1944,...

Philip Schweitzer's training was heavy on hiking, running and jogging. When they returned from furlough, some of the...

William Hall heard a Japanese bomber fly a scouting mission over Midway Island. The squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine...

Philip Schweitzer's first time away from home was his trip to basic training. Schweitzer thinks that at the time, the...

William Hall had bad things happen to him but he never turned religious until he was in Vietnam. At that point in his...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. realized that there were no officers to protect the Wake Island Marines who were prisoners of...

[Annotator's Note: Sound and video are choppy at times during this segment.] Joseph H. Sasser Junior's most memorable...

John Burr was born in Massachusetts in 1919. His family was in banking and brokerage. He lived in nice circumstances....

Donald Stratton went aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Pearl Harbor. The USS Arizona (BB-39) put the Missouri to shame...

Robert Templet took his boot camp training in San Diego. The days started early for him. During his first week in...

Richard Witaker heard the Japanese propaganda from Tokyo Rose only once. That was when he had gone to the rear for food...

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