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James Billingsley was treated well as a replacement. In combat troops, it is a different thing altogether. He never...

James Shelton Scales boarded a troop ship on New Year's Eve, 1944. He boarded APA-154, the Lowndes [Annotator's Note:...

Thomas Joseph Lemme remained in recovery in the hospital until the end of the war [Annotator's Note: he had been...

Richard Miralles got word on his 18th birthday that they were going home. He went on liberty [Annotator's Note: an...

Lester Caplan's decision to serve in World War 2 came out of his belief that it was a legitimate war, and America was...

James Franklin Young and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

Paul A. Franklin was born in in February 1922 in Elm Grove, Louisiana. He was raised during the Great Depression [...

Burton Johnson feared that his handling of Japanese POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] would be held against him...

Peter Gallo was involved in an incident that got him into trouble in Korea. A Japanese officer came in and was chasing...

Edward F. Kent was born in November 1917 and grew up with one older sister. During the Great Depression [Annotator's...

Richard Keller and the rest of the 37th Division took part in the Louisiana Maneuvers. They were bused into the area...

After one patrol during which he was carrying a heavy BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle], Richard...

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