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Frank Savage transferred to the 93rd Infantry Division. He became the assistant to the Adjutant of the special troops...

Bruno S. Rinas began working on a rented farm and eventually got better. He believes that if you leave many things...

Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...

Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...

Fulton "Jack" Taylor was born in 1925 in Corbin, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: cannot verify town name]. The family...

Robert Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, New York, in September 1924, the second of two children. At an early age his...

While preparing to graduate from high school, Charles “Chuck” Franzke was encouraged by his father to take a test to...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, but was raised around San Augustine [Annotator's Note: San...

Roy Boreen spent a year and a half as part of the USS Oklahoma's (BB-37) 3rd Division Deck Force. Every Friday was...

After Ira Schilling and Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment hit the beach at Tarawa, Company L split up and...

Harold Buell flew his first combat mission at Midway on anti-submarine reconnaissance. He had only one prior experience...

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