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Claude Shannahan left Tulagi and boarded the USS Colhoun (APD-2) on the way to Guadalcanal. They had just gotten into...

The worst duty for Vernon Micheel was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as a Douglas SBD...

William J. Twigger joined the remnant of the division [Annotator's Note: he had originally been a member of Company F,...

The fact that John McGlohon is one of the living eye witnesses to the first atomic explosion, and that he was on site...

When Feightner pulled up at the end of the runway he was hit again. His F6F [Annotator's Note: Grumman F6F "Hellcat"...

That night, Carroll Harris experienced a Japanese surprise attack. Guards were put in place where Sergeant Allan was...

William Stewart was set to get discharged. He was considered surplus and could get out six months early. They fought...

Anna McCalla Noren was born in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1921. She grew up on a farm with her parents and four siblings...

James "Jim" Marshall was discharged in 1945 and returned home to Kansas. He had some difficulty adjusting to civilian...

Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...

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

Louis Hutchinson and the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) used Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands] as an...

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