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Elmer Koenig was born in July 1925 in Santa Ana, California. His older sister died in 1918. He grew up in Orange [...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

John "Jack" Raquepau grew up on a farm in Michigan in the Saginaw Valley. The area is noted for navy beans [Annotator's...

Philip Curran was on Admiral Barbey's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey] staff and that was...

Howard Hart found out that there was a secret radio in the camp. An engineer had put it together using scavenged parts...

In paratrooper training, John Mikus, Jr. was trained as infantry. They had special weapons. In boot camp, they used the...

Richard O'Hara was pissed off that he was not going home when the war ended. His wife, who was his high school...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

Billy Grieves watches movies like Run Silent, Run Deep religiously. He feels that they are more Hollywood than reality...

[Annotators Note: Robert Addison served in the US Marine Corps in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] After Bloody Ridge...

Thomas Edward Pugh did not know the Bloemfontein brought American volunteers to China. He did not have duty on this...

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