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Lawrence Winnier's boot camp [Annotator's Note: in the US Navy] was being taught how to set a table and make beds. They...

Ralph Morse wanted to be at Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] for Christmas in 1942. He...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner snuck out of Austria and made his way to the United States, arriving on 8 May 1939.]...

James Wilson landed in Wellington, New Zealand [Annotator's Note: on 11 July 1942] and it was cold and raining. They [...

Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...

Lawrence Brooks followed the war while he was in service. One of the islands he was on had Japanese pillboxes. The...

Robert Prince graduated from college and then reported to Fort Lewis [Annotator's Note: now part of Joint Base Lewis-...

Howard Cain was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in November 1926. At age seven, the family moved to Chicago [Annotator’s...

Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] was eating...

Stanley Fagerstrom left New Guinea on 15 November 1944. The Japanese came across the Pacific in the beginning. They...

Leo William Schmittgens went on patrols and his Lieutenant, Jaffe [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps First Lieutenant...

William Hall reached North Island and was assigned to one of two Marine Corps fighter units being organized. Fighter...

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