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Martin Banyas enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942 because he liked the fighting Marines. The first job for his ship [...

On that Saturday [Annotator's Note: 6 December 1941], Archie Kelley's uncle Bruce [Annotator's Note: US Navy Commander...

After the invasion of the Kwajalein Atoll [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, 31 January to 3 February...

Harold Bergbower was born in Newton, Illinois in 1920. He had four brothers and two sisters. He was the fifth born of...

Stewart Bass never crashed a plane but discusses an incident in Opa-locka, Florida when he was a aboard a TBM [...

It took 41 days for Milton L. McMullen, Sr. to reach Kobe, Japan [Annotator's Note: as a prisoner of war or POW]....

Wahlen was an E-5, Pharmacists Mate 2nd class when he got out of the Navy. His US Army career was over twenty years.He...

Theodore Pavlovich discussed the effectiveness of the weapons he used during his time as an infantryman. He also...

Raymond Hayes got word of the war ending before he left San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] for Pearl [...

On arrival in San Francisco, California, James Morehead reported to headquarters, and didn't like the planes he would...

Frederick Ellis was relieved [Annotator's Note: of his command of USS LST-1026] and went to San Francisco [Annotator's...

On the way out of the United States, Joseph F. McGee Junior reunited with his old high school football coach in Hawaii...

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