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When Phineas Stevens left Leyte Gulf [Annotator's Note: Battle of Leyte, Philippines, 17 October to 26 December 1944]...

Frank M. Heuer Sr. was assigned to the crew of a crash boat and deployed to Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll,...

John E. Johnson fought in World War 2 because he had to. He was drafted. Johnson acknowledges the war changed his life...

Norman Sterrie has come to view Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Coral Sea, 4 to 8 May 1942] as an important...

Rex James Bates was born in November 1923 in Seattle, Washington. His father served as a drummer in the Navy during...

The most horrible of Edward Lee Allesandro's experiences were when men died while he was holding them. The ship also...

Charles Bishop was born in New Haven, Connecticut in November of 1920. The depression years were sketchy. His mother...

George Colburn was born in Medford, Massachusetts in March 1926. His sister died as an infant and he grew up alone. His...

Following the battle of Okinawa, Richard Witaker learned more about Japanese strategies and preparations for the Marine...

[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] Hall and his squadron [...

Greg Woodham was born in Baguio, the Philippines in September 1937. In 1931, his mother had accepted a position to...

Jack Thornhill was discharged on 15 December 1945 in New Orleans. After being discharged, he went back to Alexandria [...

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