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Joe Clapper was born in Jonesboro, Indiana, but grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He joined the Marine Corps just out of...

Theodore Marolda got rest and then trained in Melbourne, Australia [Annotator's Note: with Company A, 1st Armored...

George Colburn got a ten-day leave to go home after bootcamp. Two of his buddies were home at the same time. He then...

Raymond Loidolt took a Navy destroyer back to the United States from China. They went through mines [Annotator's Note:...

Adolph Wilson thinks The National WWII Museum is great. It shows appreciation for the veterans who served in the war....

William "Bill" Arthur Pummill was born in Crocker, Missouri in July 1921. He was the eighth of 12 children in the...

Robert Lowe boarded the USS Tangier (AV-8) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii [Annotator's Note: on 15 December 1941]. He wondered...

Thomas Edward Pugh was born in June 1924 in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in Denton [Annotator's Note: Denton, Texas]. His...

Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

Richard Higgins occasionally wants to forget what he has seen. Higgins remembers being on Cape Gloucester hiding behind...

Lieutenant Hagerty was promoted as a liaison officer for the 1st Marine Division and coordinated all of the regiments...

Frank Pantuso was relieved when President Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United...

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