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Traveling back to the United States, Joe Clapper said they had a mixed complement aboard ship; there were many Navy...

In Hawaii, Don Daniels was at Camp Tarawa. Before getting there, he was loading ships for Iwo [Annotator's Note: Iwo...

At 11 years in the Navy, Randall Edwards decided to make a career of the military. In 1946, he had an unfortunate...

James J. Hill was with 12 others [Annotator's Note: of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 (VMF-214)] over Rabaul [Annotator's...

On 13 January 1944, Steve McMurray left on a troop transport ship and was amazed at the clear blue water of the Pacific...

Sergeant Carter [Annotator's Note: UNited States Marine Corps Sergeant James "Rudy" Carter] was a stickler for the...

Baptiste feels that a lot of talent was lost by the navy segregating them. He used to talk to his officers about it.He...

Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...

Ira Schilling is a proud American and a proud veteran of World War 2 and thinks that the existence of The National WWII...

William Hill was born in August 1922 in rural eastern Kentucky. His father, a subsistence farmer, moved the family to...

Frank M. Heuer Sr. was assigned to the crew of a crash boat and deployed to Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll,...

Howard Warren Stokes is thankful for being alive and for the government paying for his education. He is also happy...

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