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Ben Steele worked two miles underground in a Japanese coal mine. It was very tight because of the way the ground...

James Richard O'Rorke was assigned to a Japanese baron and his beautiful home which was safe between Nagasaki [...

Alexander Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...

When Julian Trist Bringier McConnell left the bigger ship that took him overseas, he patrolled mountainous islands and...

[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38...

They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...

Archibald "Archie" T. Higgins was born in New Orleans in January 1924. He is a lifelong resident of the New Orleans...

Donald H. "Don" Bee was sent from Great Lakes Training Center [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake...

Carey Suratt worked on the hospital ship about three weeks and was then transferred to the LST-452 [Annotator's Note:...

Charles Kneflin had never seen anything like the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]....

Myron J. Carraway served in Hawaii until June 1942. He then sailed to the Aleutian Islands based out of Kodiak [...

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