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Wim de Jonge returned to Holland where found that the government was not willing to pay his three and a half years of...

Arthur Pendleton went to Pavuvu after Cape Gloucester. There, he dealt with a bout of appendicitis which almost killed...

There was a lot of Uncle Sam [Annotator's Note: Uncle Sam; a common national personification of the federal government...

On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...

Byron Herbert Meader's most memorable experience of World War 2 was meeting up with the Russians and observing how they...

Clint Quirk thought the most enjoyable experience was coming into port and getting drunk. Then getting back on the ship...

Abraham Rosenzweig is proud of his years of service in the Coast Guard. That feeling has grown over the years. World...

With his orders in hand, Robert Leese left New Guinea by way of Nadzab and Finschhafen, and sailed on a transport ship...

John Ream remembers when people looked over the wall, they could see the 1st Cavalry [Annotator’s Note: 1st Cavalry...

Vernon Henry Moret and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry...

Otis Arthur Slack was on Amchitka [Annotator's Note: Amchitka Island, Alaska] when the Japanese withdrew [Annotator's...

During and after the Battle of Saipan, Ira Schilling and his fellow Marines willingly accepted enemy troops who...

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