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[Annotator's Note: Calvin Barrick served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Tang (SS-306) during that vessel's...

John Edward Campbell’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was machine guns waking him up during Pearl Harbor [...

[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels entered the service in February 1944.] When he reported on the last day of the month, he...

Gene Alair was in the South Pacific for many months. He was on a Transport Division Commander's Staff, CTD8. They had...

Vejtasa had hit the carrier he had made a run on. Fighting 42 was aboard the Yorktown and was commanded by Jimmy...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when they dropped the atomic bomb [...

Walter John Guyote cheated on the eye exam to get into the Navy. He was sent to San Diego, California for boot camp. He...

While overseas, Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little...

Fred Wesighan and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division]...

In some ways, Ira Schilling felt he grew up very quickly due to his experience serving in the US Marine Corps during...

Bill Jenkins saved Deen's life on the first day [Annotators Note: Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. The men were busy...

Al Currier was able to learn to operate a tank [Annotator's Note: M3 Stuart light tank] when the Army sent 20 prewar...

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