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In 1940, David Heath graduated high school and went to work on a farm. Later that year, he joined the Marines [...

Donald F. Goyette was sent to armament school in Denver [Annotator's Note: Denver, Colorado], just before Christmas [...

Calvin Moore expected things to be different at home after the war. He went to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine...

Earnest tried to get a lead on the cruiser so he could drop his torpedo [Annotators Note: after being hit during the...

Joseph Brannan returned to Melville, Rhode Island as a PT boat instructor [Annotator's Note: at the Motor Torpedo Boat...

William Lee Barnes never had occasion to use the G.I. Bill. He had a job waiting for him after he took two weeks off...

Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...

Louis Conter started 7 December 1941 aboard USS Arizona (BB-39) in Pearl Harbor. It was his practice to substitute for...

Harold Jones was born in February 1924 in Mead, Colorado and grew up in Greeley, Colorado. He was a Depression [...

After graduating from Officer Cadet School [Annotator's Note: at Fort Benning, Georgia], Clark Wackerman was sent to...

Burton "Burt" Johnson was born in December 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When he was seven, he spent the summer at...

Russell Gackenbach heard rumors that his 393rd Bomb Squadron was going to move. The rumors were confirmed. [Annotator's...

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