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John Gehrett was born in July 1921 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, where grew up and was educated. The family home was on...

Lionel Lopez met his wife on his first leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time]. They...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was a tail gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortressvery heavy bomber in the 53rd...

[Annotator's Note: Norman Hatch served as a combat cameraman with the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima.] On Iwo Jima,...

Wallace Spencer remembers the air groups and the pilots stayed away from the sailors. In one attack, all the colored...

Andrew Leblanc never had trouble. He kept his nose clean. He always did what he had to do, and he was a good soldier....

Donald Marsaglia’s crew landed in Biak [Annotator’s Note: Biak, Indonesia] right after a Japanese air raid. They left...

Bruce McCormick went to China. He was non-rated. He asked his Division officer if he could take a test to get Third...

John DuBose had eight months of back pay when he departed the SS Frenchtown. He was concerned that he would be robbed...

David Heath arrived at Tulagi, the capital island of the Solomon Islands. Not long after arriving, shells started...

Rudolph C. Miller had no place to go and nowhere to live when he was 16. He tried to forge his certificate [Annotator's...

Arthur L. Eads did not talk about his World War 2 experience for many years. Fireworks make him very jittery. The war...

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