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James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and other internees [Annotator's Note: in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...

Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...

Thomas Crosby had bad asthma as a child, so while he was living in the internment camp, he slept in a bed by the window...

The Chandler [Annotator's Note: USS Chandle (DD-206)] had 4 stacks and had torpedo tubes and 4 inch guns. Baptiste...

Charles Struble had basic training at Amarillo, Texas. Aircraft maintenance instructions were also provided there. Next...

Louis Block graduated from high school in June 1944. They discussed the war, but not at length. They were more focused...

Richard Bennett remembers that it was in the Palau Islands that his vessel had their most memorable encounters with the...

Martin L. Suter was born in January 1921, in Rochester, New York. He had a brother and sister growing up, but he was...

Clarence Strobel believes his service in World War 2 was necessary. He made good friends and realized that he was a...

One night, Floyd James Reissig called general quarters while sailors were sleeping on the deck. There was an...

Frank Pomroy and his fellow Marines walked down to the sandspit at the mouth of the Tenaru River and stared at the dead...

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