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Alvin Barnes was drafted into the military and was able to select the Navy as his service branch. He grew up during the...

DeMers met her and they danced, talked, and had a good time [Annotators Note: his future wife after returning to the...

James Bollich was only able to get water from one place [Annotator's Note: in the Camp O’Donnell prisoner of war camp...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr. entered Army basic training at Camp Roberts in the suburbs of Little Rock [Annotator's Note:...

The survivors hiked down the mountain to an enormous canoe that had paddlers down both sides with space in the middle....

John Burr was on watch and he could spot anything on watch at night. He wanted to be on his watch at least five minutes...

Leisey was sent to Pearl Harbor [Annotators Note: Hawaii] for surgery. They operated on his hand and back. It was a...

After basic training, James Franklin Young was sent to New River, North Carolina and placed in the Fleet Marine Force....

Socrates Dendrinelis was in Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan] for some time. He came back to San Francisco [...

Walter Alan Bowsher, Jr. was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. His father was in the Army chasing Poncho Villa at the time....

Jack Glass believes that good commanders made the USS Enterprise (CV-6) such a good ship. There was hardly anyone in...

James Billingsley was in the mountains fighting and going down a gulley [Annotator's Note: in the Philippines]. Machine...

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