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Louis Zamperini qualified for the 1936 Olympics and went to New York to compete with Don Lash [Annotator's Note: Donald...

Francis Bucher says the closest he came to death was when he flew with a drunk commander. He was in the hangar ready...

After returning stateside, Adolph Wilson and a group of Marines drove from San Diego to Shreveport. They stopped at...

Samuel Goss practiced at Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands aboard the USS Bladen (APA-64)]. He...

When Dupuy got his wings, his sisters came down for the ceremony. After the ceremony he received a thirty day leave...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] moved up to the next island because there...

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

William Smith was dating the sister of a friend, but it did not last long because he went overseas. He really never saw...

James McEnery is a Catholic, Irish-American from Brooklyn. He considers anyone from his background who is not...

William Lutz was in the 77th Infantry Division. He did not know where they would be sent. They went to Oahu [Annotator’...

Nobuo Hayashi remembers when the Americans arrived in their jeeps playing jazz music. He did not trust them at first...

Byron Herbert Meader was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi and assigned to Headquarters, 271st Infantry Regiment [...

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