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Frank M. Heuer Sr. was assigned to the crew of a crash boat and deployed to Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll,...

Frank Kern served as a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines [Annotator's Note: 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd...

Joseph Townsend developed his own newspaper route. [Annotator’s Note: Townsend talks about selling newspapers.]...

On December 7th [Annotator's Note: 7 December 1941], Robert Erskine Hendricks [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was born in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York] in September 1926. He grew...

Kenneth Beard was born on a farm in Sullivan, Ohio in March 1922. He took a farm wagon to school and grew up in a home...

Henry James Bird served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division [Annotator's Note: Company F...

Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was born in Rochester, New York in May 1927. His father worked with a railroad company, and...

Raymond Hayes got word of the war ending before he left San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] for Pearl [...

Howard Warren Stokes was born in 1926 in Lodi, California and was an only child. His father supported his family during...

Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm graduated from high school and turned 18, but had no thoughts about going to college or...

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