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Thomas Tizzard was on the USS Helena (CL-50) when it was hit by torpedoes ans sunk on 6 July 1943 [Annotator's Note:...

Joseph Vater believes Manchuria [Annotator's Note: Manchuria, China] was the coldest place on Earth. He was given a...

Harold Whitaker and a few friends went up to San Francisco in the summer of 1945 and joined the Merchant Marine. They...

Garland Virgil Longhoffer did have contact with civilians. During mopping up [Annotator's Note: cleaning up missions]...

Kenneth Killilea received his Marine Corps boot camp training at Parris Island. The moment he stepped off the bus upon...

Philip Schweitzer cannot think of many other lighter moments than the ones he's already mentioned. He remembers one...

Murphy Burke made good, lasting friendships while in the Navy, and when he got out, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill...

After finishing his training, John Snyder was assigned to the USS Harry Lee (APA-10), which transported troops to North...

Thomas Francis Schicker and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Chatterton served in the Navy as a radio man aboard the USS LCI(L)-334], a Landing Craft...

Rufus Harris signed up for Navy ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] because his dad anticipated the...

Jack D. Samuelson continued at Occidental [Annotator’s Note: he was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles,...

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