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Martin L. Suter was born in January 1921, in Rochester, New York. He had a brother and sister growing up, but he was...

James Shelton Scales boarded a troop ship on New Year's Eve, 1944. He boarded APA-154, the Lowndes [Annotator's Note:...

Walter Amoss reached the Imperial Hotel [Annotator's Note: in Tokyo, Japan] where the headquarters for MacArthur [...

In August 1945, after completing an advanced infantry training course at Fort Rucker, Alabama, Marvin Martin was sent...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] wrote about his experiences to Leatherneck...

Paul A. Franklin was born in in February 1922 in Elm Grove, Louisiana. He was raised during the Great Depression [...

In 1953 Thomas Crosby enlisted in the Navy. He was competing as a diver for the University of Hawaii and attending...

[Annotator's Note: While he was living in Detroit, Michigan and working as a streetcar driver,] Andrew Petrus received...

Claude Shannahan was named for three of his dad's brothers who had died of pneumonia in Canada. Shannahan was born in...

Salvatore Famularo was born in Amsterdam, New York in September 1925. He had a sister and a brother. He was the oldest...

Richard Lafleur was born in December 1926 in Bemidji, Minnesota. He was there until he was about 15, when his parents...

At the end of the war, James Thomas Womack was in the process of being transferred off the USS Rehobath (AVP-50) to...

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