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Joseph LaNier had a close call on Okinawa while driving a truck. The LST [Annotator’s Note: LST—landing ship, tank] was...

James Francis McCorriston was happy to be aboard a fighting ship like the USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). The first place...

When Lincoln Piazzo deployed for overseas service, he was flown from San Francisco, California to New Guinea without...

Clarence Robert Duff recalled the USS Benham (DD-796) was on picket duty the night the first atomic bomb was dropped....

Astley Blackwell’s ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] was sunk on 25 October [Annotator's Note: 25...

Yellin went to see Doris, but his name was called to go on an airplane back to New York. A Lieutenant Colonel gave...

Oscar Culp was deployed to American Samoa [Annotator's Note: after joining the Marine Corps and training in 1943]. On a...

Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine assigned to the Guam Insular Force Guard in Guam, Mariana Islands]...

William Scott Stroud and his crew carried out 39 strategic bombing missions. [Annotator's Note: Having been shot down...

Allen Horton was commissioned out of midshipmen's school in Chicago, Illinois, and proceeded to Scouts and Raiders...

When William Goldsborough turned 18 in January 1944, he registered for the draft, and was allowed to finish out his...

Edgar Harrell was assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) [Annotator's Note: sometimes referred to as "Indy"] serving...

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