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[Annotator's Note: James McEnery served in the USMC as a rifleman in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was a tail gunner on a Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber in the 53rd...

Frederick Haack [Annotator's Note: a pilot with the 68th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433rd Troop Carrier Group, 5th Air...

While in the Java Sea after sinking a ship, another Japanese ship tried to sink the USS Blenny (SS-324). The crew then...

Dale Smith was born in Ontario, California in March 1925. His great grandfather moved there in 1892 and was a founder....

William “Bill” Knapp learned how tenuous life is and how men can hate each other during the Second World War. Hating is...

Nick Cristiano says the Japanese guards [Annotator's Note: at Ofuna prisoner of war camp, Kamakura, Japan] were bored...

The replacement center was just outside of Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines], and once he was...

Ray Dennis Irby went into his first invasion, and he will never forget it. He hit the ground. The sergeant was walking...

That attack on the Japanese fleet off Guadalcanal was a turning point in Martin Carmody’s life. He felt bad about...

Murphy Burke served in World War 2 because he thought it was the thing an American should do. He feels his experience...

James Paul Lynch went out to sea as officer of the deck the first time [Annotator's Note: on the USS Snook (SS-279) on...

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