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Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...

Joseph Vater traveled from San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] to Hawaii then to Manila [...

On 7 December 1941 [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941] at six o'clock in...

Earnest told the man at the base that he was ordered to Torpedo Squadron 8. He was to report to them in 3 days. Three...

[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was stationed at Nichols Field near Manila, Philippines with the 27th Bombardment...

Donald F. Goyette volunteered for Iwo Jima [Annotator's note: Iwo Jima, Japan] because his plane got shot up, and he...

At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotators Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...

Thomas Tizzard was stationed on ships in the South Pacific. Supplies came from Australia and once could not contact the...

Lester Hecht says there a couple of stories he cannot tell. [Annotator's Note: Hecht laughs.] When his ship pulled into...

Charles Chatterton was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1925. and grew up in the nearby town of Quincy. He...

Russell Gackenbach had no idea where Tinian was located when he arrived there. He only knew it was close to Japan. At...

Clyde Nordstrom was discharged in Seattle [Annotator's Note: Seattle, Washington] and went to Minneapolis [Annotator's...

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