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Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

William Pierce went to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina following his tour in Hingham, Massachusetts. Because he had been...

James D. Comeaux’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was watching the massacre of U.S. troops on Okinawa [...

Before the Marines landed on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) bombarded the...

When William Goldsborough turned 18 in January 1944, he registered for the draft, and was allowed to finish out his...

Nevin Sledge had 319 pilots in his graduating class in Corpus [Annotator’s Note: Corpus Christi, Texas]. They were...

The next morning, 5 June [Annotator's Note: 5 June 1942], Fred Bergeron had breakfast then went to his plane. When they...

William Smith was dating the sister of a friend, but it did not last long because he went overseas. He really never saw...

David Lamar Mealor thought the Japanese soldiers were very brutal and treated people inhumanely. The dropping of atomic...

Gene Alair was aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the battle of Guadalcanal. Saipan was a big operation [Annotator’s...

The SS Lurline, on which Virginia Wilterdink was traveling, stopped in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands]...

When John Kelley and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery D, 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, 11th Airborne...

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