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When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

Mason Brownell Fitch was born in September 1925 in Rochester, New York. He graduated high school in 1943 and took the...

Roger Shaw returned to the United States by way of Northern Ireland. The SS George Gayle sailed alone before reaching...

Sterling Cale received several different military decorations. He received multiple Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star, and a...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. During his overseas...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was divided into a group sent to a camp that overlooked a...

James Muri landed on Midway around 29 May [Annotator's Note: 29 May 1942]. At that moment he did not know what the geo...

Waldron was the commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron 8. He wanted things done his way and he wanted them done right....

Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

Ellis Whaley's training had been in engineering. He was given a transit and laid out roads and a cemetery. He had some...

Herbert Yudenfriend took classes [Annotator's Note: from the United States Armed Forces Institute or USAFI]. The...

Henry Bourgeois' first air to air combat was over Bougainville. When the dive bombers went into their dive, the entire...

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