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Robert Templet took his boot camp training in San Diego. The days started early for him. During his first week in...

Ben Steele was on a detail when he passed out on the side of the road, stricken with malaria. When he was finally able...

Carroll George was on a transport ship that made tremendous voyages, two to the Far East and one to the Mediterranean,...

Paul Dietzel continued flying in civilian life after the war. When he would fly with the team, the pilots would...

Jack Leaming was shipped to the Ofuna prison camp after Yokohama. Baths were in individual tubs with water heaters. The...

In April 1942, Dennis Allen Andrews was assigned as the Electrician's Mate 3rd Class to the USS Plunger (SS-179). On...

Mark Maynard’s second war patrol on his submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] used the deck gun to fire...

The military taught Richard Baile discipline. It also gave him another education. The combination of his college...

Adolfo V. Celaya was born in Florence, Arizona in May 1927. He had one brother and two sisters. Celaya was the oldest...

Aloysius "Al" Arend was flown back to his outfit [Annotator's Note: 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] on...

Victor K. Carman got to Japan on 1 August 1945. The bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

He walked to school and joined the "Junior Yanks" which was a program for kids run by World War 1 veterans. They met...

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