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Stanley Fagerstrom was a corporal going into an outfit that was already established in combat. He was attached to...

Normand F. Gallichant was born in March 1921 in Danielson, Connecticut. He had four brothers. His father was a mechanic...

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

Virginia Wilterdink's most memorable experience of the war was hearing the news that the Japanese had bombed Pearl...

After that [Annotator's Note: the 11th Airborne Division's combat operations on leyte], they headed for Luzon on a...

Fermer Kellogg learned to swim, survive jumping in a burning pool, handle a rifle and march while training [Annotator's...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. realized that there were no officers to protect the Wake Island Marines who were prisoners of...

After William Earl Gast left the field hospital, he searched for his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 743rd Tank...

On the troop ship out of Pearl Harbor, Holly Rees said there was little to do, and the soldiers played cards and got...

Benjamin Clark Amsden transitioned to flying the Corsair [Annotator's Note: Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft after...

Patrick Zilliacus corresponded with his family. It was censored twice but he corresponded throughout the war with his...

Ray Dennis Irby turned 17 in 1941. He was in the backyard of his home in Meridian [Annotator's Note: Meridian,...

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