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Donald (Don) Malarkey tried to get into the Marine Corps right after the attack on Pearl Harbor but was turned down...

Owen Gibb had a machine gun that put out four thousand rounds a minute. The gun was on a turret. They flew at night....

William Pena remembers how after suffering heavy casualties his battalion was diminished to the size of practically one...

Omer Van Huylenbrouck went on his first combat mission with a different crew. It was nothing exciting. [Annotator's...

[Annotators Note: Robert Murphy served in the army as a paratrooper in Company A, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,...

Chester Brewer went to help a man build homes after the war. His former employer hired him back. He met his wife. He...

In March [Annotator's Note: March 1945], Robert Eshback was in the Ruhr Pocket; in April his battalion [Annotator's...

Thomas Eakes had basic training at Ellington Field [Annotator's Note: now Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base] in...

Robert "Bob" Rickel was born in Toledo, Ohio in July 1923. Rickel's father came to the United States from Poland....

Michael Cokinos had to let the people know that the kids' stomachs were too small to eat certain food at that point....

John M. Roberts began to look for the wounded men in the group ahead of his but could not find them. They started to...

Fred Arthur Balfour was told to find his own way on board [Annotator's Note: after the war ended and arriving at his...

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