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Robert Leroy Shirkey and his unit's [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 158th Regimental Combat Team] first...

After his Navy training, George Hamilton was assigned to the USS King (DD-242) and spent 16 months aboard her in the...

The Japanese had done a real job of planting all kinds of explosives [Annotator's Note: on Peleliu]. Arthur Jackson...

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

Burton Johnson remembers when he heard of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. Harry Truman was not a surprise as...

Further into the fighting on Iwo Jima, and while going through a sniper-infested thicket, the call came for an "advance...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. remained in the reserves after the war so that he could depart active service earlier. He...

In October of 1945 United States forces came to occupy Matsuyama [Annotator's Note: Matsuyama, Japan] and had a formal...

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

Richard Bennett recalled a patrol near Palau when PBYs [Annotator's Note: Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat] picked...

Samuel Hadjinian learned how to drink and smoke through his experience of World War 2. The war helped with his career...

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