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[Annotator's Note: James Muri served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers in the 22nd...

After the war, James Allen lost contact with many of his friends from the war. He was busy with college and did not...

William Jackson returned to the United States in the latter part of 1946. He lived with his mother and dad and later...

Clint Quirk tried to get into the Navy, but he needed seaman papers. The longshoremen told him to go to the Army...

Richard Higgins occasionally wants to forget what he has seen. Higgins remembers being on Cape Gloucester hiding behind...

John H. Cole was in Company M, 3rd Battalion, 381st Heavy Weapons [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 381st...

Mervin Jensen was ready for discharge. They were unloading a ship that had oxygen cylinders on it. They were used for...

Jack D. Samuelson saw his first combat at Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg...

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

[Annotator's Note: John Stiles was stationed on Okinawa, Japan with Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312) when the...

Burl Loving was ordered to report to the 317 [Annotator’s Note: USS YMS-317 minesweeper] which was a 130-foot-long,...

Socrates Dendrinelis was born in St. Louis, Missouri in March 1926. He grew up there with three brothers and one sister...

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