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Howard Warren Stokes was born in 1926 in Lodi, California and was an only child. His father supported his family during...

Carrel Reavis was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He grew up in the country on a farm. He had a large family, 17 kids...

On 6 August 1945, Russell Gackenbach was ordered on a special mission to Japan. At three o’clock in the morning, his...

Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands] was a morale...

William Pierce was in Parris Island boot camp for eight weeks. He did what he was told and experienced the rigors of...

Jimmie Dyer does not recall having any feelings one way or the other against the Japanese at the time, although he...

Fortunately, the boat Michael Mervosh was in did not get hit [Annotator's Note: by Japanese artillery fire during the...

The invasion of the Admiralty Islands [Annotator's Note: Admiralty Islands Campaign, Operation Brewer, 29 February to...

There was one radio station in Corpus Christi [Annotator's Note: Corpus Christi, Texas] at the time Benjamin Albert...

During the surrender, James Bollich destroyed his weapons and threw them into the water. When he was falling back, he...

Walter John Guyote was born in St. Mary Parish [Annotator’s Note: St. Mary Parish, Louisiana] in July 1925. He had...

Fulton Taylor returned to California and reported for further assignment. He received a 30 day leave en route to his...

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