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Carrel Reavis went from Virginia to basic training on a segregated train. When he went overseas, his ammunition company...

[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Myers Bernard Rosenbloom’s mother worked by having boarders. His mother was able to buy two houses with the money she...

Charles Brooks would have breakfast before dawn onboard the ship. He would then look to see his assignment for the day...

John Stiles boarded the USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145). It was a troop ship and it was an interesting experience....

Charles Martin was born in August 1922 in Nebraska. He had one brother that died when he was an infant. His father was...

Archibald Rackerby was training to go to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after Bougainville [Annotator's...

Anthony Costa was sent to Osaka aboard a ship to work on the docks there. He was in a transport ship hold where he did...

Robert A. Addison was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1922. The family moved several times but settled down in...

As soon Philip Mayer got off the boat [Annotator's Note: in Melbourne, Australia], he was ordered to help extinguish a...

Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...

Mack was born in his grandparents home. He lived there as an infant. When he got a little older his parents moved to a...

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