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Frederick Haack [Annotator's Note: a cargo pilot] flew to Sacramento [Annotator's Note: Sacramento, California] where...

After one patrol during which he was carrying a heavy BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle], Richard...

While he trained at Fort Slocum in New Rochelle, New York, Armando Galella could go home every weekend. After about a...

Paul A. Franklin was born in in February 1922 in Elm Grove, Louisiana. He was raised during the Great Depression [...

Edgar Eugene “Gene” Fricker was quickly released from the Navy after the war and attended college on the G.I. Bill [...

After recuperating, Gerald West left for New Georgia. The Raiders landed on New Georgia at one o’clock in the morning...

William Beaman was born in October 1924 in Dayton, Ohio, the only boy of three children. His father died when he was...

Thomas Paris went from radio school to Houston [Annotator’s Note: Houston, Texas] in order to go to Alaska. He got his...

Abraham Rosenzweig joined the US Coast Guard in October [Annotator’s Note: of 1942] and left in January 1943. His...

When Richard Higgins returned to the United States he went to Quantico to drive a truck. He would drive civilians to...

Before VJ Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Joseph Daquana was reassigned to the USS...

[Annotator’s Note: There are various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce’s most memorable...

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