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Melvin Munch was part of the invasion of Okinawa when it commenced on Easter Sunday in April 1945. He rode a landing...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled getting on the Higgins Boats [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or...

Edward O. Wood, Senior was assigned to the Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] as a...

Jack D. Owen [Annotator’s Note: Assigned to the USS Colusa (APA-74) as the radar striker] arrived in Pearl Harbor [...

Oran Harris said that while he was on Palawan, he learned that Franklin D. Roosevelt had died, and the news made him...

Lawrence Brooks feels that young people should learn about World War 2. Much can be learned at The National WWII Museum...

Soon after the war ended, Robert “Bob” Bowron was sent overseas to the Pacific. He boarded a ship with 4,000 troops....

After he ate breakfast Rogers went up to the radio system that was set up on the apron at the airport. They moved the...

After his induction in Little Rock [Annotator's Note: Little Rock, Arkansas], Carl Trim was sent to Farragut, Idaho for...

Arthur L. Eads [Annotator's Note: as a 1st class shipfitter for the 133rd Naval Construction Battalion] was on a ship...

Aboard ship, Wahlen's platoon leader would talk to his men about what to expect when they landed [Annotators Note: on...

Clayton Fisher volunteered to fly an SB2A Brewster [Annotator's Note: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer scout bomber] and lead...

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