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John Geiger was born in Newark, New Jersey in April 1923. He had two sisters. His father was a contractor for trucking...

Irwin Schneider learned how to obtain needed ammunition and how to safely load added weapons and ammo on a PT boat. He...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Norman Hatch in conversation with the interviewer.] Hatch used to show...

When John McGlohon's crew arrived in Pushkar, India, they were told they would have to surrender their new plane to the...

Samuel Tso changed his age to join the Marine Corps. He was 18 years old at the time and could not find a job. He went...

Harry Watson said that when the war started, the submarines were used merely as a scouting force. They would get...

On their approach, Steve McMurray had heard that the landings on Iwo Jima were not going well. The scenes on the...

Bruno S. Rinas arrived in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] in late February [Annotator's Note:...

Air Corps training for Lincoln Piazzo consisted of primary, basic and advanced programs, and was conducted in three...

Besides the atomic tests, F. Lincoln Grahlfs found other work to do while at Bikini Atoll [Annotator's Note: Bikini...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt worked in an art studio for an artist. He made picture frames and sometimes was used as a model....

Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...

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