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Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. Thinking about the war, he says that during it he...

Flashing back, Mark Brannon said that after the USS Hutchins (DD-746) left Cairns, Australia the captain [Annotator's...

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...

Greg Woodham and his mother were interned at Santo Tomas [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as...

Patrick Zilliacus was born in May 1926 in Helsinki, Finland. Life growing up was fantastic. His parents divorced when...

It was a wonderful experience. Stinson would not trade a million dollars for his experience in World War II. On average...

Lionel Lopez went to Leyte Island in the Philippines. He stayed on the beach with equipment. On the second day,...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr. landed in Yokohama, Japan [Annotator's Note: following the end of the war in September 1945]....

Lloyd Guillory was sent to Japan near Kanagawa two weeks after the war ended. Things were disorganized. The squadron [...

During the second Truk raid Alexander Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group...

On 11 June 1945, Kenneth Dwight Wells and his company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment...

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