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That was the end of combat for Harold DeForest. After DeForest got out of the hospital he was supposed to go back to...

Russell Gackenbach was summoned one day after dinner to answer the phone. He knew that something had to be wrong for...

Pastor Dale Peterson was born in Warren, Minnesota in February 1926. He grew up in the Great Depression. His life was...

Hunger and thirst tormented Cleatus Lebow and his fellow shipmates from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) who were stranded...

Albert G. Sutcliffe was born 12 May 1925 in Bisbee, Arizona. When he was about two years old his family moved to Los...

Earl Williams went to Camp Lee, Virginia [Annotator's Note: now Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia]. When he...

In May 1943, Paul Lawrence had technically been the Navy for one year. While at school, he waited tables. Lawrence was...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. left a situation where he was tasked with destroying everything and went home to a place...

Raymond Gimbut joined the crew of the Selfridge [Annotator's Note: USS Selfridge (DD-357)]. He thought it was a good...

Howard Robert Charles was part of the prisoner of war force that worked 14 months on building the Burma Railroad from...

Abraham Rosenzweig is proud of his years of service in the Coast Guard. That feeling has grown over the years. World...

Leo V. Strausbaugh was offered a chance to go home for 30 days, but he would have to forfeit all his points [Annotator'...

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