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William Pierce recounts the lack of success for the 37mm gun in Europe. He discusses a Marine Medal of Honor recipient...

Jimmie Dyer does not recall having any feelings one way or the other against the Japanese at the time, although he...

Don Daniels' closest call was an accident. His unit [Annotator's Note: Weapons Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th...

When readying for nuclear test, Paul Sparacino and the crew [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS...

Charles Kneflin had never seen anything like the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber]....

[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Once the war had...

Murphy Burke had been gone for two years when he got his first leave in April 1945. While overseas he had stayed in...

Walter Groth remembers the Jap [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] fleet came back in on...

Ray Eshelman was never interested in a military career. He had a couple of choices at discharge. He could join the...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] was on Iwo Jima, Japan [Annotator's Note:...

In 1944 as a senior in high school, Howard Cain avoided the draft by enlisting in the Army Air Force. He was gung-ho...

Richard R. Ruess believes it is significant to have The National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: in New Orleans,...

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