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Giles Bacon was with the Marine Raiders [Annotators Note: 2nd Marine Raider Battalion] for six months. He had enough of...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the Navy. He previously knew he would have to serve. He had no problem with boot camp. He...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for service with the Navy shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator...

Joseph H. Sasser Junior was riding in his friend's father's car when he heard over the car radio about the attack on...

As Paul Ignatius entered his teens, he became aware of the hostilities rising in Europe and Asia. He was also aware of...

Al Currier was born in what is now Eastpointe, Michigan in October 1923. He grew up there during the Depression [...

Raymond Birdsall was born in Lockport, Louisiana. In 1941, he went over to the high school because they did not have a...

During the Battle of Surigao Strait, Mark Brannon said the USS Hutchins (DD-746) had spent almost all of its ammunition...

Milton L. McMullen, Sr. heard about the attack at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

Hilar Moore sailed from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...

Bryon Oliver boarded a ship in Norfolk, Virginia. Twenty one days after passing through the Panama Canal, Oliver was at...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on the USS Balao (SS-285) enjoyed free time at Brisbane [Annotator's...

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