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During World War 1, Archibald Rackerby's mother worked for the Navy as a clerk. Her father worked for the Government...

After the war ended, James Buckley got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-1013] five times. One was in San...

Vernon Henry Moret flew into Japan with his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment,...

Ellis Whaley's training had been in engineering. He was given a transit and laid out roads and a cemetery. He had some...

Robert Marich's unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne...

It was patriotic duty that influenced Aaron Baumgarten to serve in World War 2 and, on a personal level, he felt he had...

Walter Groth remembers the Jap [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] fleet came back in on...

Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen was in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines aboard the USS Butte (APA-68)]...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] feels some of the films about World War 2 are...

Robert Powers went ashore unopposed at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. He was in a foxhole with his buddy...

Elmer Spraker thought he might transition into rebuilding maritime engines in the civilian sector, and in this section...

James William Grimes was assigned as a mess cook. He was very young [Annotator's Note: he was only 16 years old, but...

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