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Yellin recalls strafing runs on Chici-jima which was about a hundred or so miles from Iwo Jima. Yellin strafed the...

John Geiger was security for the officer while on missions. They took the officer wherever he wanted to go. Every...

James Patterson remembers classification was the hardest part of becoming a cadet. They were considered privates as far...

Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

When Childers strapped in he said over the radio that it was his birthday and that he wanted to celebrate.Three of the...

Frank Savage transferred to the 93rd Infantry Division. He became the assistant to the Adjutant of the special troops...

Arthur Pendleton does not recall to much more about Cape Gloucester. There was nothing pleasant about it and he was...

Ira Schilling and his outfit of assault engineers landed in the third wave during the invasion of Saipan. They landed...

Edwin Lamm was born in San Antonio, Texas in June 1923. [Annotator's Note: Lamm's wife walks in the background, turns...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr.’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it was announced that the war was over. He...

Richard Nummer entered service in November 1943 at 17 years old. He went to San Diego for boot camp. That was his first...

During George Vincent Ross's first night there [Annotator's Note: on Guam, mariana Islands], Marines were killed...

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