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Dale Smith was assigned to the USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine repair and supply ship. It was big and had about 800...

In 1944, Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior trained in maneuvers, amphibious invasion training, and other physical...

Kenneth Killilea received his Marine Corps boot camp training at Parris Island. The moment he stepped off the bus upon...

John Bradley and his mother moved to the United States in 1949 [Annotator's Note: they were liberated 3 February 1945,...

The military taught Richard Baile discipline. It also gave him another education. The combination of his college...

Ernest Cowell was first sent to Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands], an atoll in the Pacific...

Otis Arthur Slack was born in Canton, Illinois in April 1921. He was raised by his aunt and uncle as his mother was...

Thomas Tizzard was on the USS Helena (CL-50) when it was hit by torpedoes ans sunk on 6 July 1943 [Annotator's Note:...

Clint Quirk was born in December 1923 in Butte, Montana and grew up in Anaconda, Montana. He had one sister. His father...

Philip Schweitzer cannot think of many other lighter moments than the ones he's already mentioned. He remembers one...

George Culpepper was in Farragut, Idaho for school for about three months [Annotator's Note: after enlisting in the...

Robert Templet feels that the youth of today may not be as interested in World War 2, or even protecting their liberty...

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