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After the island of Saipan was secured, Ira Schilling and his assault engineer squad of 2nd Marine Division remained on...

When he was discharged, Carroll Harris was told to go home [Annotator's Note: Rockport, Mississippi]. He was also told...

The next morning Alexander Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway. They took a bugler and...

James Buckley's LST [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-1013, a Landing Ship, Tank] had 40mm [Annotator's Note: Bofors 40mm...

Walter Bowsher worked on an effort called the Mount Fuji Project which was supposedly building a children's playground...

When James Patterson and his unit went to Manila [Annotator’s Note: Manila, the Philippines], they went into some of...

James Shelton Scales was the battalion executive officer of the 1st Battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 23...

Roger A. Lewis was born in March 1920 in Chunchula [Annotator's Note: Chunchula, Alabama]. He was the oldest of eight...

Fulton Taylor chose the United States Navy because service there appealed to him. His older brother was already in the...

Jimmie Dyer enlisted to fight in World War 2 because he thought that the country needed to fight. He never questioned...

After the war, Fiske Hanley was involved in testifying against the Kenpeitai. By then, Hanley was married and had a...

Billy Grieves was born in Liberty Center, Ohio. At a young age his parents moved the family to Detroit, Michigan for...

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