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[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] Hall and his squadron [...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Keller served in the Army as the company commander of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 148th...

Jack Holder did not talk about his World War 2 experiences until recently. He booked a trip to New York on an Arizona...

Martin Sherbecoe remembered that the curfew on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] was very strict....

Bloody Ridge had other names but that night it was officially named Bloody Ridge. It was the one spot that the Japanese...

Cleatus Lebow was kept in the hospital ward for four weeks, then flew from Samar Island [Annotator's Note: Samar Island...

Earl Williams was shipped out to New Guinea [Annotator's Note: with the 318th Port Company, 512th Port Battalion]. They...

Paul Kerchum was born in January 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio. His father was a Russian immigrant and his mother his mother...

Sam L. Miller had no memorable experience in the Navy. It was a good and calm experience. Nothing adverse happened...

Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...

James Bollich had no idea there was going to be a surrender. He knew the front lines kept falling back. When he was...

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