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James Born installed water units that changed saltwater to fresh water for various buildings like barracks, bases, and...

The next morning Alexander Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway. They took a bugler and...

Salvador Perino was sent to Memphis, Tennessee to fly Stearmans [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet or...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

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

Remi Kidder returned to Arnaudville [Annotator's Note: Arnaudville, Louisiana]. His family knew he was returning. His...

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

After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

The one other combat action Carl Rieman experienced in the Philippines occurred in the Surigao Strait. The whole fleet...

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

Harry A. Donovan received the Purple Heart [Annotator's Note: a Purple Heart Medal is award bestowed upon a United...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

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