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

Bruno S. Rinas was stationed at Iba Field [Annotator's Note: Iba Airfield, Luzon, Philippines] when he heard about the...

While recovering from an ear infection [Annotator's Note: in the hospital at Fort Bragg, North Carolina], Matthew...

Richard Tempus Dixon was born in June 1925 in Oakland, California. He was the second of two sons raised by his father...

One day in late 1945 Allen Tillery was called in to the office of the colonel and informed that his application for the...

Mervin Jensen went to advanced training at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San...

The day after the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941...

After the war, Joseph Barger took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

Hershel Hibbard was born in Rose Hill, Kansas in September 1925. His mother worked as a switchboard operator and his...

Rex James Bates was born in November 1923 in Seattle, Washington. His father served as a drummer in the Navy during...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson was born in Bronson, Florida in December 1927. He had five brothers and sisters. His father, an...

Ray Gene Gresham was born in July 1927 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the last of the six children of a farmer. After...

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