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Being in a hole with Jimmy Grimes when he got shot through the head, and Harrington got his belly split open stands out...

John Wesley Tatum was never on the front lines [Annotator's Note: while serving in a mortar section in Company H, 2nd...

Jack Thornhill went to see the destroyer on exhibit in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: the USS Kidd (DD-661)]. Even...

When Eugene N. James completed flight training, he was shipped to Sistersville, West Virginia and then on to Cherry...

John Stiles was born in September 1924 in Wadestown, West Virginia. He grew up there. He was the second of seven...

Paul J. Frisco was aboard a Fletcher-class destroyer, the USS Cushing (DD-797), during World War 2. He was impressed...

Billy Grieves made 11 runs on the submarine Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)]. He left the Thresher...

Aside from sporadic sniper fire, Paul Amrod's prayers were answered and he had no really close calls. He attributes his...

Norman Hatch disembarked his ship in Nagasaki Harbor to begin the occupation of Japan and immediately saw the...

Joseph Barger was born in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925, and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He took a bus to school...

Fergus Van Wart was born in August 1926 in Dallas, Texas. He was an only child. He went to high school in Dallas and...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

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