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Richard Baile was born in December 1920 on a farm in Missouri east of Kansas City near the town of Washburn. They had a...

After a 21-day voyage across the Pacific, Mort Oman arrived in Buna, New Guinea and was sent to a replacement depot...

Giles Bacon has seen some of the movies made about Pearl Harbor in recent years. He thinks the most accurate is Tora!...

After picking up the 3rd Division [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Division], the Marines landed on the island [Annotator'...

John Burr joined the Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] in college. He was always interested...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

From basic training, Aaron Baumgarten was sent to Great Falls, Montana which, at the time, was one of the headquarters...

Thomas Goss’ most memorable experiences of World War 2 were meeting his wife and the atomic bombs dropping on Japan [...

Shigemitsu [Annotator's Note: Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat and politician] and Alfred Dearman interacted quite...

John Edward Love was born in Clovis, New Mexico in August 1922. His father abandoned his family during the Great...

James Muri knew the Navy had sunk four Japanese carriers during the battle [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

Mack was out of action for about 12 days. They put him right back on the line after he healed. He wanted to get back on...

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