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Karr grew up in West Virginia in a little town called Mannington. His father and his relatives worked in the oil fields...

Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...

They [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were put ashore on New...

After graduating high school, Harlan Twible got a job then started college with the money he earned. During his...

Adolfo V. Celaya was taken aboard the Basset [Annotator’s Note: USS Bassett (APD-73), which rescued 154 survivors of...

[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...

George Culpepper's [Annotator's Note: as the communications officer aboard PC-1122] commanding officer on PC-1122,...

William H. Greason faced discrimination throughout his time in the military from 1943 to 1946. Having grown up in the...

Lloyd Dendy thinks that they shot several [Annotator's Note: Japanese] aircraft down while on Woodlark Island. There...

Theodore Theodore was born in July 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the middle child of three children in the family. His...

Robert L. Donovan was drafted. He wanted to enlist in the Air Force. He had hay fever so they did not let him enlist....

Walter Bank's family lived on a small farm, and wasn't greatly affected by the Great Depression. They never talked...

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