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Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...

Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox chose the Marine Corps rather than another branch because it was the Japs [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: Romus Valtin "R.V." Burgin served in the United States Marine Corps as a mortar section leader in...

Howard Hart was a civilian internee along with his family at one of the two camps in Luzon established by the Japanese...

Russell Gackenbach was briefed either at 11 or 12 o'clock prior to the mission. [Annotator's Note: The mission being...

James Smith watched the battle [Annotators Note: the battle of Gavutu] from Tulagi. [Annotators Note: Smith gets off...

When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...

Theodore Robert Tanner thinks himself very fortunate that he never needed to target human beings, and instead dropped...

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

Adolfo V. Celaya reached Iwo Jima [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]. The ship bombarded the...

Lenwood Steglich never talked about his time in the Navy. His family never asked him about it. His three grandchildren...

Looking back, 65 years after the event, James Muri believes that the Battle of Midway had to be a turning point in the...

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