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Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...

Kenneth A. Lafleur talks about his missions in the Philippines. His unit [Annotator's Note: 408th Bombardment Squadron...

Emmett Kaylor was only about 500 yards away from the Japanese. They were so hungry that they ate despite the smells....

One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...

Bruce McCormick had the opportunity to go to Little Creek [Annotator's Note: now Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek...

Robert Jarvis’ most memorable experience of World War 2 was seeing his brother in Manila [Annotator’s Note: Manila, the...

Murphy Burke had been gone for two years when he got his first leave in April 1945. While overseas he had stayed in...

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

When John Kelley and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery D, 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 11th Airborne...

Fred Bronfin was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was born to immigrant parents immediately after World...

They were pushing north, without much resistance, when Emmanual Damonte's radio reported, on 6 August [Annotator's Note...

After basic training, Robert J. "Bob" Brasel went to Camp Irwin [Annotator's Note: now Fort Irwin in San Bernardino...

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