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Robert M. Solomon lost a girlfriend when he had to go participate in the maneuvers. He felt like the United States...

While Robert Brant was an Air Traffic Controller, he witnesses many plane crashes on Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...

Frederick Haack was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York in 1920] and grew up in Wyoming where...

Ralph Burch was born in August 1923 in Port Arthur [Annotator’s Note: Port Arthur, Texas]. He lived close to the canals...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for Navy service and was assigned as a radioman on the newly constructed USS Balao (SS...

A day after William Garbo and his machine gun squad successfully ambushed a group of Japanese soldiers in a mountain...

When Jack Houston was evacuated [Annotator's Note: from Okinawa] he was taken first to Saipan then to Guam. While they...

After three years of being in an internment camp [Annotator's Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment...

Forrest Villarrubia volunteered for the Marines the day after his high school graduation. His mother would not sign for...

Father Lanigan [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity] was almost like a father to the men, including George...

Hugh Wingo was at Midway [Annotator’s Note: The Battle of Midway, 4 to 7 June 1942; Midway Island]. This was the next...

Joe Clapper's unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] landed on...

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