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Richard Witaker fought in World War 2 out of a sense of duty to his country. He cannot understand anyone who shirks the...

Salvador Perino liked his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)]. The ship's force learned to...

In 1953 Thomas Crosby enlisted in the Navy. He was competing as a diver for the University of Hawaii and attending...

Lazarick heard President Roosevelt's speech [Annotator's Note: Roosevelt's speech to Congress which he gave on 8...

Archibald Rackerby joined the Marine Corps on 27 December 1941 and went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note:...

For occupation duty in Japan, Albert "Al" Machaud was transferred to Hokkaido, in northern part of the county, where he...

At the end of the war, James Thomas Womack was in the process of being transferred off the USS Rehobath (AVP-50) to...

When they [Annotators Note: James Smith and the rest of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] went back to New Zealand, they...

Jack Linscott was stationed in San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco, California]. They left for Australia in...

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

Vejtasa had hit the carrier he had made a run on. Fighting 42 was aboard the Yorktown and was commanded by Jimmy...

David McKinley Blackwell entered the Army at Camp Polk [Annotator's Note: now Fort Polk in Vernon Parish, Louisiana]....

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