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There were plenty of men with shell shock [Annotator's Note: psychological disturbance caused by prolonged exposure to...

James Thomas Womack arrived in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] around 1941. He was on patrol duty...

Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...

Mahlen Arledge arrived at home from his overseas service without fanfare or even a greeting. He was glad to get back to...

Eugene Tarrant has certain memories from the war that have stuck with him to this day. One night off of Guadalcanal,...

Armando Galella insists that the men and women in today's armed forces deserve the best Americans can give them,...

Remi Kidder was sent to San Diego, California for his basic training. He was used to hard work and discipline so that...

The drill instructor Steve McMurray had for basic training was a small, compact, mean man from Mississippi who was "as...

Gerry Jones was born in September 1926 in Logansport, Indiana. His family was badly affected by the Great Depression....

William Hill was assigned to the USS Bonefish (SS-223) in the role of the quartermaster. After a very successful first...

Paul Hilliard believes the SBD Dauntless is much underrated and unfortunately much unrecognized. WWII books sometimes...

Charles Nathan Lane’s first battle was in the Philippines [Annotator’s Note: as part of the 197th Coast Artillery...

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