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William Barnes got orders to get off at Bougainville. He was ordered to get back to the United States the best way he...

Charles Martin remembers that the new tanks had 75 mm howitzers on them. Martin and a friend learned how to swim...

George Peto produced some paintings and pieces of propaganda that were based on his unit during battle in the Pacific....

Flying combat air patrols out of Guam, John Reeder flew missions of two hours duration every day during daylight hours...

John "Jack" Raquepau first saw George Bush [Annotator's Note: George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States]...

Harold Buell wanted to hit a major enemy warship but seemed to never have the opportunity. He finally had his chance...

Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....

Asked what he thought of the Philippine people, Theodore Pavlovich said he made friends wherever he went, and found...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was assigned to the USS Patterson (DD-392) docked in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor,...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...

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