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Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Division returned to Maui from Tinian. There was a big luau and then training started...

Roy Stewart and his unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] entered the "amphitheater...

Murphy Burke had a lot of respect for the Japanese; he thought they were good soldiers, and did their job with the few...

David Yoho was on a fleet oiler in World War 2. The ship took on fuel sometimes from a fuel barge in order to refuel...

Clyde Nordstrom was born in June 1928 in Minneapolis [Annotator's Note: Minneapolis, Minnesota]. He had a good time...

Wiley relates that at the time of the hit and run carrier raids, they had more aircrew than airplanes. Being a new...

Robert A. Addison was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1922. The family moved several times but settled down in...

Milton L. McMullen, Sr. and other men were crammed into a ship heading to Japan [Annotator's Note: as a Japanese...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). On...

William Sturman's battalion was in Inchon [Annotator's Note: Inch'ŏn, Korea]. His skipper [Annotator's Note: nickname...

After the war, Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] had good reasons to stay in the...

Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...

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