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James H. "Jim" Pritchard was sent to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] after it had been...

When Richard Cole returned to the United States he was stationed at an aircraft manufacturing plant. As the planes...

Frank Stewart was standing outside of the White House in Washington D.C. when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Albert Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: a Japanese American living with his grandparents in Japan during World War 2]...

When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...

In paratrooper training, John Mikus, Jr. was trained as infantry. They had special weapons. In boot camp, they used the...

[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

On the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), Pete Brock saw combat in the late stages of the Okinawa campaign [Annotator’s...

Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. They were based out of Guam [...

William Jennings Bryan Harrison, Jr. went to Saint Petersburg, Florida for Merchant Marine basic training. It was not...

After returning home, Clayton Hall went to work with an oil company for a week. He then went to work in a harvest field...

Iwo Jima as the worst place Dave Severance fought. They could not see the enemy. The terrain was rough and open. Living...

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