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In August 1945, after completing an advanced infantry training course at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Marvin Martin was sent...

Robert Freligh’s father died when he was two and a half years old. His mother worked full time as a pharmacist but was...

Allen Horton had a long leave on Ulithi, where the mail that had been collecting for some time finally reached the...

Landing on 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], Joe Clapper's platoon went into Okinawa right below Kadena, with...

In October 1942, William S. “Bill” Beamish enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was inducted in San Pedro [Annotator’s...

Roy Boreen spent a year and a half as part of the USS Oklahoma's (BB-37) 3rd Division Deck Force. Every Friday was...

The weight of Donald Campbell's job was such that he rarely had off-duty time. He was responsible for the division's...

After the initial Japanese air attack, Jack Skaggs and a corporal were assigned to BC scope [Annotator's Note: military...

Asked what he thought about the Japanese, Earl Conklin said they were "pretty vicious," but conceded that combat makes...

Some of the men Ellis Whaley trained with were weeping about being away from home. The climate in Washington was cold....

Norman Kleiss went to the ready room. The weather was very cloudy with just a few patches of open sky. A Japanese plane...

The planes did not form up, instead they headed out one by one. They also did not go up to their normal cruising height...

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