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Richard Bennett described the PT-470 as being armed with a thunderbolt, which is a 37mm and a 20mm cannon mounted...

Joe Clapper was born in Jonesboro, Indiana, but grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He joined the Marine Corps just out of...

James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...

The Marines knew they would be getting into a yellow jacket's nest if they had to invade Japan. When the war ended,...

Vernon Henry Moret finished his senior year of high school in Maryland and not long after, was drafted into the Army....

Frank Stewart stopped to see one of his brothers in Oklahoma on his way to Boston when he returned to the United States...

Louis John Walter had few of the military benefits as a civilian [Annotator's Note: Walter served in the United States...

They [Annotator's Note: the Army] lost a gun battalion on 7 August [Annotator's Note: 7 August 1944]. Garland Bath, 11...

Mark Maynard trained new submariners at New London before being assigned to a new submarine. He was responsible to...

Noah Lewis was born in March 1925 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He had a normal life growing up. His mother was a house...

Adolfo V. Celaya went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California]. The training was difficult...

When Jack Leaming [Annotator's Note: with Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] saw the wing...

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