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Charles Bruce was on the USS Lander (APA-178). Their job was to haul men and equipment wherever they needed to go. They...

In 1944, Leander Bubrig enlisted in the Army and was sent to Camp Beauregard, Louisiana for induction. His hair was cut...

Frank George Memory went through boot camp in San Diego [Annotators’ Note: San Diego, California] and was assigned to...

Crump was able to get a gold crown in his teeth and was able to join. This was in late 1943. Crump was told then that...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

The main difference between a jailer, which Alfred Dearman was, and a guard, is that the jailer is in the cellblock...

George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

In boot camp, George Vincent Ross was initially treated as a low-life by the DI [Annotator's Note: drill instructor]....

James T. Connelly was born in June 1922 in Dorange, South Carolina on a farm. His father had to hunt for a job. His...

Jack Houston had three reasons for enlisting. The first was patriotism. The second was that all of his friends were...

James Bollich was going to work [Annotator's Note: Bollich was a prisoner of war in Mukden, Manchuria, China] when he...

From Leyte, the 7th Infantry Division went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], and Peter Gallo described...

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