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Adolph William Amundson was born in November 1923 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. He lived in a small town, but there...

Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands] was taken on 1 November [Annotator's Note: 1...

Gerald Wayne Lux met his wife Alice at a dance during college. [Annotator’s Note: Alice Lux participates in this...

Richard Bennett thinks World War 2 doesn't mean much to today's Americans, except for a small amount of appreciation....

During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) were part of Task Group 38.2 under Admiral...

When Jack Houston arrived off Okinawa he was not as afraid as he should have been. In the hours before they left the...

Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: Camp O'Donnell prisoner of war camp, Luzon, Philippines] was closed and James Bollich...

James William Grimes [Annotator's Note: assigned to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 45 (CASU 45) aboard the USS Hornet (...

Throughout summer of 1945, the Belleau Wood [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)] began launching its planes...

Quintana did not mention events from the war too often; he talked about the war later in life. After he had his glass...

Walter Bowsher joined the Marines and went to boot camp in San Diego. He attended sea school there and then was...

Paul Sparacino found out about atomic veterans [Annotator's Note: atomic veteran; any veteran who, as part of his or...

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