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James J. Hill enjoyed the swimming opportunities near his base when not in action. There were ideal conditions for it....

James Wilson did not see the bullets coming when he got shot [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of the Tenaru River,...

[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...

Charles Watkins Adair wonders if the United States has the will to do what needs to be done today. Back then [Annotator...

Anthony Costa enjoyed it [Annotator's Note: his prewar service in the United States Marine Corps] because he was able...

Austin H. Kiplinger experienced friendly fire in the Fall of 1944 [Annotator's Note: as a pilot with Composite...

Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...

The Yorktown [Annotators Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] ended up getting the worst of it in the form of aerial and...

The Battle of the Philippine Sea was the end of Jack Glass' combat tour. They finished up the Marianas operation then...

William “Bill” Knapp learned how tenuous life is and how men can hate each other during the Second World War. Hating is...

Frank M. Heuer Sr. was assigned to the crew of a crash boat and deployed to Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll,...

After Norman Hatch landed with Major Jim Crowe [Annotator's Note: Major Henry Pierson Crowe commanded 2nd Battalion,...

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