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After Leyte, Harper Gruber's vessel [Annotator's Note: USS YMS-339] took part in the second invasion [Annotator's Note...

William Leibold never stopped believing that he would make it home to his wife. The reunion with his wife on his parent...

The first glimpse Aaron Baumgarten had of Alaska was from the air, and he was impressed with its pristine vastness....

John Geiger was security for the officer while on missions. They took the officer wherever he wanted to go. Every...

William Lutz liked boot camp because he got a rifle. He liked the firing range. He became a gunner after basic training...

Jack D. Samuelson was assigned with two other officers [Annotator’s Note: he was newly assigned to the USS Louisville (...

Ben Kuroki’s B-24 outfit was called to North Africa to help out with the British forces who were going against Rommel....

Giles Bacon has seen some of the movies made about Pearl Harbor in recent years. He thinks the most accurate is Tora!...

William J. Twigger was training on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944]...

Paul J. Frisco served aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the ship's entire wartime cruise. The ship was the fourth...

When Richard Thelen returned home, he served at the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station outside of Detroit [Annotator's Note:...

Robert Rosendahl got out of Camp O'Donnell and went on a detail north of a town called Cabanatuan where he was put to...

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