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Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...

William Garbo was born in 1924 in Laurel, Mississippi. He was in high school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor....

Before being shipped out as a replacement to the Pacific, Robert Leroy Shirkey was put on guard duty at the wharves in...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr has seen the interest in World War 2 become stronger in the last few years. To him, his career...

Armando Galella's duties changed when he became battalion sergeant major, working at headquarters and answering only to...

On 27 November [Annotator's Note: 27 November 1941], Robert Kinzler said, Hawaii went on an island-wide alert against...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Prince helped plan and execute the raid on the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon...

Robert “Bob” Bowron was born in Birmingham [Annotator’s Note: Birmingham, Alabama] in January 1927. He recalled when...

Mahlen Arledge experienced his first combat on Angaur. He had no idea what to expect in combat. The first night on the...

Soon after the war ended, Robert “Bob” Bowron was sent overseas to the Pacific. He boarded a ship with 4,000 troops....

Mahlen Arledge participated in a ceremony when he crossed the equator. [Annotator's Note: The ceremony of conversion...

David McKinley Blackwell was born in Holden, Louisiana and grew up in Washington Parish. He grew up on a farm where...

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