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James D. Comeaux’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was watching the massacre of U.S. troops on Okinawa [...

Richard Nummer was born in 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He had five brothers and a sister, all of who were raised in...

Asked if he had plans or goals for his postwar life, Arthur Lee said he had no idea what he would do when he returned...

When Paul Lawrence arrived in New Guinea, the fighting had gone further up the coast. They did see some Bettys [...

Robert Freligh probably decided to join the navy because his brother was in the army and there was most likely some...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm was born in August 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up there until he enlisted in the...

Lionel Lopez took a small ship out of Panama. They were headed north to San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco...

In 1944 as a senior in high school, Howard Cain avoided the draft by enlisting in the Army Air Force. He was gung-ho...

After finishing 31 missions, James "Jim" Marshall laid around, went to the PX [Annotator's Note: post exchange], played...

William Pierce recounts the lack of success for the 37mm gun in Europe. He discusses a Marine Medal of Honor recipient...

Sidney Grossman was discharged as a Yeoman 3rd Class on 22 June 1946 and went to the University of Connecticut [...

Fred L. Keller, Jr. says that most of the kamikazes they experiences off the coast of Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

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