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Nevin Sledge was born in Alva, Mississippi in February 1921. His father was a farmer. They moved to the Mississippi...

Paul Sartori Jr. was proud of serving in the Navy. He felt good about doing something for his country. He served with...

On the battleship, J. W. Childs said, it was mandatory for a sailor to wear his white hat if he went outside of his...

Melvin C. Whitman did his basic training in San Diego [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San...

Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....

Despite being on another small ship, F. Lincoln Grahlfs was happy to be on an auxiliary ship and not a fighting vessel...

William J. Twigger was training on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944]...

James Bollich's younger brother never made it overseas. One brother died in a fighter pilot accident and the other died...

To Richard Greer the staff NCOs in the weapons company were the heroes. They had a lot of old staff NCOs that they...

Carrel Reavis was in the CCC Camp [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation Corps] as First Sergeant of his company in...

When John McGlohon's crew arrived in Pushkar, India, they were told they would have to surrender their new plane to the...

Garland Miller Gallaspy was born in Ottawa, Oklahoma in November 1922. His family moved all over the Southeast while he...

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