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Lawrence Wulf enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He was sent to Victory Field in Vernon, Texas. His instructor was...

The train was moving fast. The train brought them to California. They brought the companies up to full strength. His...

Martin Carmody took a course that would be parallel to the island. He made a good landing in the ocean but the force of...

Looking back, Dale Peterson feels honored that he participated in the 2 September 1945 surrender of the Japanese. At...

Martin Banyas and his gunners did a good job as the last line of defense for the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Santa Fe (...

Joseph Townsend remembers the other port city he went to was Alexandria [Annotator’s Note: Alexandria, Egypt]. There...

George Joseph Bertucci went to San Diego, California for basic training. After three weeks, he went aboard the USS...

Armando Galella's duties changed when he became battalion sergeant major, working at headquarters and answering only to...

After the war ended, William Beaman was sent back to San Francisco, California on the USS Flasher (SS-249), then...

Michael Maziarczyk remembers the Navy starting the bombardment at four in the morning. They made a hospital on the...

Keith Renstrom joined the Marine Corps on 13 June 1940. He went through boot camp in San Diego. He was raised on a farm...

Jack D. Samuelson saw his first combat at Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg...

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