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Lionel Lopez would have followed his captain anywhere. He was half-Indian. He was a fighting man. Lopez carried an M1 [...

On 5 July [Annotator's Note: 5 July 1945], after refuel and refit in Perth [Annotator's Note: Perth, Australia], John...

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe was there [Annotator's Note: on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu] for two or three months before...

Jimmie Dyer went from Guadalcanal to Okinawa. All of their equipment was on the deck of the ship and it rained the...

After training in Fort Lewis, Washington, Peter Dipol was sent to the Mojave Desert [Annotator’s Note: in the foothills...

Richard Witaker had a memorable experience after the campaign for Okinawa was over and the island was declared secured...

[Annotator’s Note: The interview is outside, so there is background noise throughout this clip.] Not one day goes by...

Tenney did not believe the photo he saw of the Japanese soldier in Hollywood star and started laughing at it. The...

Only two of them were assigned to capital ships [Annotator's Note: after graduating from the US Naval Academy] and both...

Andrew Leblanc never had trouble. He kept his nose clean. He always did what he had to do, and he was a good soldier....

The military taught Richard Baile discipline. It also gave him another education. The combination of his college...

Victor K. Carman joined the Navy because he did not want to be a foot soldier in the Army or Marines. He had flown a...

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