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Wilson, James Returning to Guadalcanal
James Wilson did not see the bullets coming when he got shot [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of the Tenaru River,...
Lee, Arthur Overseas Deployment
After processing in California, Arthur Lee was sent to Maui, Hawaii, where he was running a warehouse and cold storage...
Peto, George Bloody Nose Ridge
When Company I came to the relief of a decimated Company K, George Peto, who served as a forward mortar observer,...
Rees, Holly Combat Missions
The next little village Holly Rees' division approached was Keradera [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] with Company...
Groth, Walter Luzon
Walter Groth remembers that military intelligence had underestimated the number of Japanese on the island [Annotator’s...
Schmittgens, Leo Occupation Duty in China
Leo William Schmittgens waited sometime before his ship had arrived for them to leave Okinawa. He helped load the ship...
Colburn, George Enlisting in the Marine Corps
On 11 July 1944, George Colburn and two others went into the Federal building in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston,...
Hill, Marvin Duty On Board and Out of the Navy
Marvin Hill had a famous bandleader aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748)]. Eddie Duchin...
Cummings, John Stationed at Pearl Harbor
Albert Elmer "John" Cummings returned to the States [Annotator's Note: United States] and was put on a list to be a...
Lux, Gerald Postwar
After Reaching Japan, Gerald Wayne Lux and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)] escorted captured...
Lee, Edward The Coast Guard in War
Edward Allesandro said that most people are surprised to hear that the Coast Guard was fighting in World War 2. The USS...

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