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Other close calls John Cassidy remembers included a night when two bombers flew so low, in diversionary tactics while...

James Gulotta was training to hit Tokyo when the war ended. His unit was to land near Yokohama but the war ended before...

Theodore Marolda had busy days [Annotator's Note: with Company A, 1st Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 1st Marine...

While Carl Rieman was off of Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands], the USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84)...

The men were lined up waiting to be searched. A friend, Joe Perry, who later made full Commander devised a plan to get...

Lyle Mitchell met his wife while he was in school at RIT [Annotator’s Note: Rochester Institute of Technology in...

After David Lamar Mealor contracted a bad case of jungle rot in New Guinea, he was shipped back to the United States on...

Jack Skaggs was on Wake Island on 23 December 1941 when the Japanese launched their amphibious invasion of the island....

George Peto served in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He spent 32 months overseas and...

Life at the Academy [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland] was very good, and Claude...

William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...

Crump was lucky making the transition from military to civilian life. He had worked in the shipyards prior to military...

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