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To fill personnel losses resulting from accidents and combat, Richard Baile's crew was broken up. He was made the...

Jack Leaming and his SBD pilot had just completed their bombing run on Marcus Island when the antiaircraft fire became...

[Annotator's Note: There is loud background noise throughout this clip.] Willie Roy Hebert, hates his first name of...

Edward Riedl remembers that the Duck [Annotator's Note: DUKW; six-wheel-drive amphibious truck; also known as a Duck]...

They had to go through roll call everyday at the camp. They were all assigned different Japanese numbers. In the...

Frank V. Tarkington joined the Indiana National Guard, but was kicked out because it came to light that he was too...

From Pearl Harbor they were sent to the Pacific [Annotators Note: the crew of the USS Missouri in January 1945] and...

Murphy Burke had been gone for two years when he got his first leave in April 1945. While overseas he had stayed in...

[Annotators Note: Robert Addison served in the US Marine Corps in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] They went to New...

James N. Rizzo sailed overseas to the Pacific. He did not travel with his whole group [Annotator's Note: 553rd Air...

Joseph Vater did not know what would happen to him after he had to surrender. He felt helpless and stuck. He knew...

The Japanese had snipers and other soldiers in the Philippines before the invasion [Annotator's Note: Fall of the...

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