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

Jack Houston was born in Rochester, New York in May 1926. His father was a foreman in a foundry and was able to...

Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division], arrived in...

[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...

Joe Clapper remembers being on a date at a movie theater on Pearl Harbor Day. When he came out, newsboys were peddling...

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

When he set sail, Gerald West had never heard of Guadalcanal. He didn't learn about it until he was about to attack it...

[Annotator's Note: George Colburn and the 3rd Marine Division went ashore on Iwo Jima, Japan on 23 February 1945 and...

John Mikus, Jr.'s rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand] did not...

Deen was born in McCray, Georgia. His father was the president of South Methodist College. He was one of three kids....

Forrest Villarrubia was in combat with General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur] on Leyte...

The drill instructor Steve McMurray had for basic training was a small, compact, mean man from Mississippi who was "as...

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