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Robert Erskine Hendrick [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion on Eastern Island, Midway...

The Japanese left so the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] secured from general quarters. Orville...

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The boat [Annotator's...

Matthew Cornelia's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it ended. He served because he wanted to do...

William Wayne was drafted and went to Fort Leonard Wood in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri] for...

Leon Williamson was transferred back to the United States and was sent to Cherry Point [Annotator's Note: Marine Air...

Yellin had to fly the next day after he bailed out in the ocean. He notes that the P-40 was a great airplane. There was...

When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...

Joseph LaNier joined the United States Navy in February 1944. African-Americans prior to 1942 were not allowed to join...

Lisle Neher was flabbergasted when he first saw the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber...

William Helm Sturman was born in April 1924 in Elida, New Mexico. He had two brothers and two sisters. During the...

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