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Walter Broll benefited by the war because it made him an alert man instead of the 18 year old minor he was when he...

Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...

Louis John Walter was first assigned to the SS James Buchanan [Annotator's Note: as a seaman in the Merchant Marine]....

William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...

After he retired he played golf. He still lives in California.Childers experienced the big earthquake of 1989.

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

[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] Edwin Sedran was born in the Bronx, New York in March 1924. [...

Martin Banyas sailed all the islands [Annotator's Note: a Marine gunner on USS Santa Fe (CL-60)] including Saipan [...

Arthur Jackson had his squad leader bring up some explosives and ammo but he was alone for the most part [Annotator's...

Alvin von Frisch was sent to Camp Croft [Annotator's Note: in Spartanburg, South Carolina; now Croft State Park] for...

During the war James Salerno did not like the Japanese and had nothing nice to say about them. The Japanese soldiers...

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