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Carey Suratt trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Boot camp lasted five weeks. He enjoyed boot camp. The trainees learned...

Alfred Anthony Alvarez was given a platoon in the 187th Infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: 187th Glider Infantry...

When the ceremony was over [Annotators Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...

After the war, James Allen lost contact with many of his friends from the war. He was busy with college and did not...

Mark Maynard trained new submariners at New London before being assigned to a new submarine. He was responsible to...

Jack Leaming sees the war as something they had to live with. They had to do the best they could to be happy and have a...

Buck Donaldson was born in August 1925 in Grant Parish, Louisiana. He was the fifth child. His father was a doctor and...

On the morning of 7 December 1941, Roy Boreen enjoyed an early breakfast of pancakes. After breakfast, he went to the...

Lewis S. Evans wrote letters to his girlfriend back at school, and there was one time that he did not receive any for...

When Japan surrendered, John Cassidy was in the Pacific off Wake Island. He thought the atomic bomb was kind of awesome...

James D. Comeaux was born in August 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Egan, Louisiana. He did a lot of...

Crain watched about the first 10 minutes of the movie "Saving Private Ryan." He is normally able to keep his emotions...

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