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Harold Whitaker and a few friends went up to San Francisco in the summer of 1945 and joined the Merchant Marine. They...

William Smith was dating the sister of a friend, but it did not last long because he went overseas. He really never saw...

Arthur L. Eads was born in Plainville, Kansas [Annotator's Note: in August 1920]. His father was a farmer, but then...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. During his overseas...

After graduating from Officer Cadet School [Annotator's Note: at Fort Benning, Georgia], Clark Wackerman was sent to...

Howard Hart found out that there was a secret radio in the camp. An engineer had put it together using scavenged parts...

Charles Gubish was in the 3rd Marine Division [Annotator's Note: 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division] when he...

Mason Brownell Fitch views the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on...

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

On 7 December 1941, Edmund Aziz and his fiancée were watching a matinee in Detroit, Michigan. When they came out of the...

The SS Lurline, on which Virginia Wilterdink was traveling, stopped in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands]...

[Annotator's Note: Edgar Cole had been drafted into the US Marine Corps and was on his way to Camp Lejeune, North...

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