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During the initial attack Rogers was in the bushes away from the air field and could see them fly over. That was around...

In the fall of 1944, Frank M. Heuer Sr. left the Hawaiian Islands and arrived at Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll...

Alexander Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer], out over the...

The Japanese split the camp up again. Myers thinks that after the school teacher had been to the camp he said something...

Charles Graves Chauncey did very few daylight missions and during those missions he would fly low. Most of his daylight...

Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

Benjamin Carson found that evacuating Makin Island was far more difficult that arriving there. The tide worked against...

Louis J. Armentaro was born a twin in September 1924 in Livingston, Montana. He has lived there his whole life. His...

Billy Grieves talks about the eulogies he gives for friends who have passed away. He has officiated a number of...

Howard Robert Charles was inducted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in June 1940] in San Diego [Annotator's...

Gordon Tadewaldt was born in June 1926 in Aurora, Illinois. He was one of five children. When his father lost his job...

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