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George Colburn got a ten-day leave to go home after bootcamp. Two of his buddies were home at the same time. He then...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled that one day [Annotator's Note: one day while he was taking part in the Battle of...

Edgar Cole went to communications school and finished at the head of his class. He was automatically assigned to...

Combat cameraman Norman Hatch was only about a quarter of a mile away from the mountain top [Annotator's Note: Mount...

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

One of the worst times Philip Schweitzer experienced was the month that he spent on the plateau on New Guinea. Another...

Hugh Ettinger was born in May 1926 in Watertown, New York. His father worked as a civil engineer, and they lived on...

John Nicholas's ship, the USS Gayety (AM-239), participated in submarine chasing in the Pacific. He set the depth...

William O’Brien remembers when the skipper left. They did training on the Pacific side of the canal [Annotator's Note:...

Claude Larry Taylor was born in November 1926 in Sorrento, Louisiana. His father worked for the lumber industry moving...

James Born installed water units that changed saltwater to fresh water for various buildings like barracks, bases, and...

Kenneth Killilea was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He grew up there for the most part. He also lived in Wellesley,...

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