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Richard Higgins often wonders why he walked away when so many of his friends did not. Higgins knew that Captain Haldane...

Salvador Guercia tells the tale of how he went with friends to see a guy that made corn liquor on Leyte [Annotator's...

James Billingsley worked with Filipino forces. He was in the middle of it, and was pulled out. There was a Filipino...

Elmer Spraker thought he might transition into rebuilding maritime engines in the civilian sector, and in this section...

After serving aboard the Walke [Annotator's Note: USS Walke DD-4156)], Claude Bufford Shaw was assigned to the Bullard...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm was born in August 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri. He grew up there until he enlisted in the...

George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

In civilian life, William J. Twigger had a dear friend who became an officer in the Navy. By stroke of luck, he wrote...

Benjamin Carson volunteered to become a Marine Raider without even knowing what that duty entailed. He was soon...

Archibald Rackerby was training to go to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after Bougainville [Annotator's...

After the war, Robert S. Gibbs told his boss he was getting married, and he asked for a raise. His pay went up to 200...

Hershel Hibbard recalled the process of refueling the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)]. Another ship...

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