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Lloyd Dendy and his brother went to Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego, California by train. When they arrived in San...

[Annotator's Note: Phineas Stevens was ordered to join a Landing Ship Tank flotilla, LST Flotilla 7, from San Francisco...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the invasions of the Marshall and Gilbert...

John "Jack" Raquepau does not know if he got the same bunk that was used by the pilot he replaced [Annotator's Note:...

Harold Zeringer arrived at Pearl Harbor after convoy duty from the west coast. He saw the Arizona [Annotator's Note:...

Louis J. Armentaro was drafted even though he wanted to go prove himself. They told him he was underweight and would...

Sometimes when the PT boat [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boat] that Olaf Rose served on [Annotator's Note: PT-171,...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...

[Annotator's Note: Emil Schoonejans served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Burrfish (SS-312) and was rated a...

In the Spring of 1942, Benjamin Clark Amsden started pursuing going into Naval Aviation. He found out the eye exam was...

When Ray Gene Gresham got out of the service, he didn't think the G.I. Bill could help him enough to afford college...

Lazarick knew he was going to the Pacific. In March of 1944 the 96th Division was classified as an amphibious division....

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