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Ben Steele worked two miles underground in a Japanese coal mine. It was very tight because of the way the ground...

Homer Myers flew his own airplane from California across the Pacific. The first flight was 12 to 13 hours. They left...

Ellis Whaley's training had been in engineering. He was given a transit and laid out roads and a cemetery. He had some...

O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour hopes that he can be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He did not suffer from post...

Edmund Durocher spent three months on Pavuvu. The Marine brass cut the division [Annotator's Note: the 1st Marine...

Robert D. Shaner came into New Guinea and his ship, the LST-475 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-475], was not there so he...

Harold Buell was involved in a carrier versus carrier battle in the Eastern Solomon Islands. Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern...

Walter Bowsher made two separate cemeteries because he had to bury Russians. [Annotator's Note: Bowsher was assigned to...

Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...

Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

Jimmie Dyer does not recall having any feelings one way or the other against the Japanese at the time, although he...

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