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Edward F. Kent and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 602nd Field Artillery Battalion (Pack)] were selected to go to Italy...

Edmund Durocher landed on Guadalcanal weighing 156 pounds and left weighing 126. He had no socks because they had...

Keith Kiefer was born in January 1957 in Longview, Texas. In school, he did not get taught about World War 2 until...

Lester Caplan's decision to serve in World War 2 came out of his belief that it was a legitimate war, and America was...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] Normally, the...

Peter Hebert was born in 1927 in Algiers, Louisiana. He attended Catholic school. His father worked and his mother...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

Landing on 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], Joe Clapper's platoon went into Okinawa right below Kadena, with...

Gerry Jones was born in September 1926 in Logansport, Indiana. His family was badly affected by the Great Depression....

William O’Brien remembers that they ate well on the battleship. They had a small refrigerator. They checked all the...

Ferrier was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father died and was buried on his 13th birthday. His...

On the way out of the United States, Joseph F. McGee Junior reunited with his old high school football coach in Hawaii...

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