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[Annotator's Note: Robert Philips was wounded by artillery fire on 25 September 1944.] Philips was in the 97th General...

When John Mikus, Jr. enlisted in the Marine Corps, war was different than it is today. The whole country went to war....

Edward O. Wood, Senior was assigned to the submarine tender, USS Holland (AS-3), as a replacement radio man. Their main...

John Burr remembers they went into the Sea of Japan as a group of nine submarines. They were surprised to see the...

When Richard Thelen returned home, he served at the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station outside of Detroit [Annotator's Note:...

Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr. knew most of the men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 133...

James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...

Patrick Zilliacus was born in May 1926 in Helsinki, Finland. Life growing up was fantastic. His parents divorced when...

When asked about a general message about his service and war, Eugene Tarrant references Civil War General Sherman's [...

Wanda Damberg and her fellow internees witnessed three young men from their group attempt an escape [Annotator’s Note:...

Gerard V. Radice and the 7th Infantry Division left the Philippines to invade Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan...

Choosing to go in the Navy [Annotator's Note: in 1944] was natural for Philip Curran. He grew up on the water. His...

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