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Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. As a result of the war, his father realized his dream...

Following the Battle of Bloody Ridge, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] was...

Thomas J. Bostick was born in October 1923 in Laurinburg, North Carolina. His parents, both sharecroppers, traveled...

William S. “Bill” Beamish’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his fiancée came to the railroad station...

John Stiles was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] and it was rather primitive. They got water out of...

[Annotator's Note: Clyde Nordstrom was in Japan on occupation duty and was a guard for the emperor's summer palace.]...

Wiley grew up during the Great Depression and he joined the Navy in 1940 just shortly after he graduated from high...

Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...

[Annotator's Note: Abner Aust was a flight instructor in Fort Myers, Florida in 1943.] They started flying the P-40N [...

Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...

Harry A. Donovan received the Purple Heart [Annotator's Note: a Purple Heart Medal is award bestowed upon a United...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. During his overseas...

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