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William O’Brien was on duty in the Philippines. They kept their equipment ready. The ammunition was ready to go on the...

James Shelton Scales did not have to make the initial landing [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima, Japan]. He and his...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. left New Guinea and was assigned to Leyte Gulf in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Fristoe...

Crump stayed in the shipyard for the better part of a year. They had launched about 14 ships. The launching details had...

Being a farm boy and being used to hard work, as well as having a disciplinarian uncle who had been in the service,...

Earl Williams used to play baseball and softball with his unit [Annotator's Note: 318th Port Company, 512th Port...

Charles Bruce was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1926. He had two brothers and a sister. He was the oldest. He was...

After the fifth day on the march in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Bataan Death March, the forcible transfer by the...

Albert Simon fought for his country. He was drafted. He fought for the United States flag. He changed from a civilian...

On 7 December 1941, Armando Gelella rose early and with leave papers in hand, went to breakfast with a buddy who was to...

Louis R. Lepore received OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] training at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note:...

After the clean-up of Pearl Harbor, John Cassidy chose to stay in the Pacific on the USS Vincennes (CA-44) which...

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