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Paul J. Murphy got into the water which was covered with oil and black tar [Annotator’s Note: he had just abandoned the...

After Marine Corps boot camp, Arthur McHardy was sent to Seattle, Washington to a Navy yard as an MP [Annotator's Note...

Adolfo V. Celaya went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California]. The training was difficult...

While on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu Island, Palau], Melvin C. Whitman saw two Zeros [Annotator's Note: Japanese...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] and the American officers at Cabanatuan [Annotator's Note:...

Clarence Robert Duff does not believe World War 2 changed him. It made him realize how green he was. He learned a lot...

Vernon Henry Moret boarded a plane on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] to rejoin his unit [...

Adolph Wilson arrived in San Diego for Marine training after three days of travel on a train from New Orleans. The men...

After receiving his draft notice, Edgar Cole went down on the appointed day and time. He was standing in a big room...

With his orders in hand, Robert Leese left New Guinea by way of Nadzab and Finschhafen, and sailed on a transport ship...

James Muri knew the Navy had sunk four Japanese carriers during the battle [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

Leo Denault remembers they would post every day who qualified. [Annotator’s Note: He was in training in Santa Ana,...

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