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They missed the Battle of the Coral Sea. They were told that the Lexington was sunk and the Yorktown was damaged....

Nick Cristiano enlisted in the Army Air Corps because he wanted to be a pilot. He took the exams. He went to Greensboro...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi for combat engineer training, which he did not...

Richard Keller [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] got the DSC [...

Brian Thacker thought it was unpleasant to receive the Medal of Honor [Annotator's Note: the Medal of Honor is the...

James “Jim” R. Boyd separated from service with the rank of lieutenant in 1946. He immediately took advantage of the G....

Philip Schweitzer served as a combat medic with the 11th Airborne Division. Schweitzer was born and raised in Brooklyn...

Leon Williamson was transferred back to the United States and was sent to Cherry Point [Annotator's Note: Marine Air...

John Nicholas experienced Japanese suicide attacks on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Gayety (AM-239)]. A wooden...

Jack Leaming was aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in November 1941. [Annotator's Note: Leaming served in the Navy as a...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

At the end of the war, Chris Carawan said there were thousands of German prisoners that had been taken. The Americans...

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