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Harold Buell is proud to have been a dive bomber pilot. He was recalled from the United States to help a squadron that...

After an hour [Annotator's Note: of being stranded during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...

When his leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] was up, Salvador Guercia returned...

Jack Linscott was 16 years old when the war broke out. He did not know there was something going on in the Pacific. The...

Cecil Ezell McLain stopped in Singapore before heading home and witnessed five people die and several people blinded by...

James Ramage was at Pearl Harbor when the Battle of Midway took place. He was not aboard ship at the time. The...

Wallace McKay's most memorable experience of the war was going to Japan. It was memorable because of how docile the...

Clem Thrift's most memorable experience of the war was finding out he had joined the regular Navy, learning a trade,...

Robert Savage's most memorable experience of the war was seeing the treaty signed [Annotator's Note: Japanese...

John Snyder's most memorable invasion of World War 2 was the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]....

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

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