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After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Merle Jerome "Jerry" Pettis was sent to Oregon. They did not get...

George Alaniz landed on the beach at Attu. [Annotator's Note: Alaniz was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 32nd...

Otis Arthur Slack was born in Canton, Illinois in April 1921. He was raised by his aunt and uncle as his mother was...

Philip Schweitzer's first time away from home was his trip to basic training. Schweitzer thinks that at the time, the...

Edward Riedl had to count his points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that...

Edmond Guidry was 900 miles south of Honolulu [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii aboard the USS Ellet (DD-398)] when a...

Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...

Louis Andriano served during World War 2 because he does not think he had a choice. His father said he had to either...

After being stationed in various places stateside, William S. “Bill” Beamish was given a two week leave [Annotator's...

Ernest Cowell had difficulty adjusting to civilian life. There were many servicemen in UCLA [Annotator's Note:...

Leonard Brooks and the other internees had no idea that they were scheduled to be killed at nine on the morning of 23...

Ralph Morse was covering opening of schools in Aachen, Germany and based near Ike's [Annotator's Note: General of the...

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