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Richard Witaker recognizes the valuable role played by the American home front in winning the war. Without the...

Thinking he would ship out the next day, Frank Campisano took the family car to be sworn into the Navy. But when he...

While in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii], Victor Yost helped clean the ship. When at sea, Yost...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Jones was born in Oregon. When he was 10 years old, 1 of his sisters contracted tuberculosis so his mother elected to...

For occupation duty in Japan, Albert "Al" Machaud was transferred to Hokkaido, in northern part of the county, where he...

Hunt [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Captain George P. Hunt] saw Wilfred Hanson's [Annotator's Note: with Company K...

James Bazet was born in December 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was two years old, he was taken to live in...

After his discharge, Harry Walker Wellford used the G.I. Bill to further his education. He owes a debt to the...

Frederick Jenkins thought it was hard to get organized. He had a school teacher as his company commander during boot...

The first chance William Lansford and the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion had [Annotator's Note: to fight the Japanese] was...

David McKinley Blackwell entered the Army at Camp Polk [Annotator's Note: now Fort Polk in Vernon Parish, Louisiana]....

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