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Claude Shannahan's worst memories from Guadalcanal were largely from Bloody Ridge. With the Japanese approaching from...

Robert Hammond had to deal with his own health when he was on leave in Philadelphia. He had an appendectomy, and while...

Walter Nelson loved the airplane he flew in [Annotators Note: TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bombers]. It was slow but...

James Gulotta was training to hit Tokyo when the war ended. His unit was to land near Yokohama but the war ended before...

Robert L. Donovan was drafted. He wanted to enlist in the Air Force. He had hay fever so they did not let him enlist....

The Chandler [Annotator's Note: USS Chandle (DD-206)] had 4 stacks and had torpedo tubes and 4 inch guns. Baptiste...

Leo Denault liked Westover Field [Annotator’s Note: Westover Field, Massachusetts] the best. He liked Tokyo [Annotator’...

Richard Keller did not see too much of Hill 700 but he had a friend named Sid Goodkin, the commander of Company G [...

Calvin Moore was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when the Japanese surrendered. They were running bets...

Lloyd Guillory was born in Berwick, Louisiana in 1925 and lived there until 1935. He had three older sisters. In 1935,...

The Filipino people were great, just like any American doing the same thing. They were forced to be in a war. When Earl...

Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...

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