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There were plenty of men with shell shock [Annotator's Note: psychological disturbance caused by prolonged exposure to...

Lenwood Steglich joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: enlisting in September 1942] because all his friends were going...

Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...

Louis Zamperini thought that the mission [Annotator's Note: to bomb Wake Island] was a piece of cake because they were...

James Gulotta did not have any friends to keep up with after the war. They were all either killed or maimed. His unit [...

Milton Fernandez was born in September 1924 in Puerto Rico. He had eight siblings in his family. His father had a meat...

The planes did not form up, instead they headed out one by one. They also did not go up to their normal cruising height...

Carroll George was born in October 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up ten miles from Atlanta out in the country. His...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

The drill instructor Steve McMurray had for basic training was a small, compact, mean man from Mississippi who was "as...

As Peter Paret's battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division] moved down...

Since Alfred Dearman did not participate in World War 2, his most memorable experience was being at Sugamo Prison [...

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