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Glenn Frazier was born in Fort Deposit, Alabama in 1924. He grew up during the Great Depression, but since his family...

In July 1946, Paul Ignatius was separated from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant in Los Angeles [Annotator’s Note:...

They had to break the monotony. They would see someone get beat and they would laugh about the way he hollered or the...

Charles Chartier was born in Applegate, Michigan in February 1927. He had one brother and one sister. He was the...

At Ormoc Bay, John E. Johnson drove his LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel also referred to as...

Fred Gemmel is proud to have served on the Laffey [Annotator's Note: the USS Laffey (DD-724)]. He did not realize it...

Samuel Ukrop experienced a lot of intense training for Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa, codenamed...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior [Annotator's Note: of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 28 (MTB RON 28) aboard PT-381...

Ralph Morse covered medicine and all the important doctors after World War 2. He covered Broadway until the space...

Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...

Showers was born on a farm in Iowa. As a student, he remembers the Armed Forces recruiting students. The first station...

William Burkett remembers the Philippines as a pretty country. He drove everywhere. He drove a truck to Manila [...

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