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John "Jack" Raquepau grew up on a farm in Michigan in the Saginaw Valley. The area is noted for navy beans [Annotator's...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...

James Born remarked on his feelings of the Japanese during World War 2. He had a very low opinion of the Japanese...

Rollins Rosenzweig was part of the aircraft carrier naval air cover for the invasion of Iwo Jima. [Annotator's Note:...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

After his discharge, Ray Emory went to college to study architecture and graduated from the University of Washington....

Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...

Calvin Barrick grew up on a farm. He had four brothers and one sister but two of his brothers have died. Barrick was...

Norman Kleiss could not see if the bombs from the next two planes hit. When he made his run, he lined up on the big red...

[Annotator's Note: Ralph Weymouth served in the Navy as a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 3 (VS-3) flying from...

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