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[Annotator's Note: Howard Warren Stokes served in the 27th Infantry Division. Soon after the war's end, he was sent...

Irwin Schneider arrived at Hollandia just after the landings there. There was no opposition to the assault. He had not...

When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...

Childers was born in Sherman, California. When he was young, his parents move the family to the Oklahoma.When he was...

Landing on 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], Joe Clapper's platoon went into Okinawa right below Kadena, with...

While preparing the West Virginia [Annotator's Note: the USS West Virginia (BB-48)] to go into drydock, Archie Kelley...

The Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)] had torpedo problems on most of her runs. Billy Grieves kept an...

The Korean War [Annotator's Note: 1950 through 1953] broke out in June 1950 and James Shelton Scales did not realize he...

James Stewart Rosenbaum's most memorable experience was when his friend went on a mission and was killed by a sniper....

Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...

William Stewart was set to get discharged. He was considered surplus and could get out six months early. They fought...

Jack Pierce remembers getting to Kwajalein Island [Annotator’s Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] after they had...

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