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Frank H. O’Leary was born in June 1921 in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts]. He had two older brothers....

At the end of the war, James Thomas Womack was in the process of being transferred off the USS Rehobath (AVP-50) to...

James Richard O'Rorke trained in Fort Monmouth near Redback, New Jersey. All the trainees had previously been shipped...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

Carlos Reed does not think about his service much. He has memories of the war, but he does not think it made a...

Lloyd Guillory had a very successful and lucrative career as an architect. It allowed him to enjoy ownership of...

Wilbur Rogers was born in August 1925 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, the youngest of six boys and three girls. His wasn't a...

Arthur Pendleton does not remember who was in the hole with him [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of the Tenaru...

Dee Wayne White recalled when VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945] was announced and was...

William Pierce was born in Queens Village Long Island, New York in January 1925. He grew up in Queens and attended...

Frank Pomroy had decided to go on a third invasion regardless of whether or not he would be sent home. The Marines drew...

Throughout summer of 1945, the Belleau Wood [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)] began launching its planes...

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