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Daniel Morisak was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania in January 1921 and was raised in Akron, Ohio with three brothers. He...

Gerald Wayne Lux met his wife Alice at a dance during college. [Annotator’s Note: Alice Lux participates in this...

Leisey was told before he deployed that he was going to go to Officer Candidate School, yet that never developed. He...

When Noah Lewis got to Hawaii, there was only one hotel near Waikiki Beach [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii], but he...

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe took part in close air support of Marine ground troops, primarily on the southern part of...

Tenney didn't feel that three rations of rice a day, at about four and a half ounces a ration, was good. He felt it was...

While working on a road, Ben Steele would see men covered with mosquitos. They did not have mosquito nets to sleep with...

Without any time to become acquainted with anyone, Aloysius "Al" Arend was put on a ship bound for combat in the...

Paul Sparacino found out about atomic veterans [Annotator's Note: atomic veteran; any veteran who, as part of his or...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

When the USS Foote (DD-511) got to Pearl Harbor, Wilbur Rogers remembered they stripped the 20mm off its fan tail and...

Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...

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