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Joseph L. Harrison was born in March 1923 in Live Oak County in George West, Texas. When he was about five years old,...

Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...

Samuel Ukrop was at Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] with John Cleveland [Annotator's Note...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Swan was a pilot and navigator in Navy Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44). He was the navigator and...

James J. Hill flew the F4F Wildcat [Annotator's Note: Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft] which was the best, until...

The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alexander Vraciu was...

Leisey recalls having to do sponge ball therapy so he could build up the strength up in his hand. He has problems...

Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...

Walter Amoss was 17 years of age when the war started. Like his fellow students, he wanted to join the military and go...

Jack H. Bleuler served as a tail gunner on a B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] with...

Harold Zeringer returned to New Orleans in March 1946 and embarked on a concentrated law school effort. He took three...

Sometimes when the PT boat [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boat] that Olaf Rose served on [Annotator's Note: PT-171,...

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