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There were no jobs when Charles Bruce got out of the service. He got married right away. He met a high school girl and...

Stewart "Stu" Bass was born and raised in Western Montana, about 20 miles outside of Missoula. He was the middle child...

On the morning of 7 December 1941, Roy Boreen enjoyed an early breakfast of pancakes. After breakfast, he went to the...

Carl Rieman was born in Washington D.C., the only boy of the three children in the family. He lived in the suburbs of...

Bruno S. Rinas was born in Towner County, North Dakota, in January 1919. He had 12 siblings, but two died in infancy,...

Ben Ray Bost is the only veteran left alive of the men on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316]. He was born in...

James Buckley was born in March 1923 in Sharon, Connecticut. He attended school in his house until high school. He went...

Stewart Bass was trained to be a naval aviator. The first months involved college type training at St. Mary's College...

Bruno S. Rinas discussed joining the service with a younger brother. He joined the military in 1940 at Fort Snelling [...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roy Boreen was stationed at the Section Base until 1943. After that, he was sent to...

Still just a "number," Carl Rieman wound up at the Marine Corps Air Station in Opelika, Florida, the only ensign among...

Louis Conter left boot camp in San Diego, California with the knowledge that he was to be assigned to the battleship...

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