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Fiske Hanley II was selected to go to flight engineer school after basic training because of his college degree in...

The Marine Raiders formed from Gerald West's old battalion, the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The Raiders were...

Robert Marich was born in January 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 16, his family moved to Beloit, Wisconsin. A...

James Wilson left Peleliu [Annotator's Note: after the Battle of Peleliu, September to November 1944, Peleliu, Palau]...

Robert M. Solomon lost a girlfriend when he had to go participate in the maneuvers. He felt like the United States...

Ferrier got to Pearl Harbor the day after the Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet CV-8, aircraft carrier] sailed. They...

The National World War II Museum awarded Marine combat cameraman Norman Hatch with the Silver Service Award for his...

Once in the Navy, Arthur Fishman did not receive much training. He was taught how to read his gauges. On his way back...

Prior to the battle near Oradour-sur-Glane, John Singlaub experienced a German Heinkel 111 bomber attack. The aircraft...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe was with the 1st Defense Battalion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.] They were on a guard duty...

Vaughn Whitworth boarded a troop train to Norfolk, Virginia where he loaded onto the USS James O'Hara (APA-90) and...

Barbara Butler wrote home frequently. She tried to explain to her family what she was going through and to reassure...

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