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Arthur Jackson's first contact with the enemy on Okinawa was during a patrol. He volunteered for everything. He was...

When Richard Higgins returned to the United States he went to Quantico to drive a truck. He would drive civilians to...

Robert G. Aldous had difficulty transitioning to being a civilian after World War 2. He got home and thought everything...

Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was born in Rochester, New York in May 1927. His father worked with a railroad company, and...

James Paul Lynch went out to sea as officer of the deck the first time [Annotator's Note: on the USS Snook (SS-279) on...

Marvin Tyson served because he would serve his country any time and was drafted. He doubts he would have served if not...

Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

Emil Schoonejans was born in 1925 in West Hoboken, now Union City, New Jersey. He lived in Union City until 1942 when...

Joseph Daquarna and the USS Fulton (AS-11) went to Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands to participate in the atomic...

Later on, Thomas Edward Pugh sailed through a storm. He landed in Auckland, New Zealand and was put on a truck that...

All of the Catholic school teachers were nuns. They were not married. High school teachers in Iowa were required to be...

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