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After Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands], Henry James...

Towards the end of the war, Burl Loving transferred to an APA [Annotator’s Note: Auxiliary Personnel, Attack troop...

For Allen Tillery, returning to civilian life was not much of an adjustment because it happened so fast. He thought for...

Jack Thornhill went to see the destroyer on exhibit in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: the USS Kidd (DD-661)]. Even...

Kenneth Theis reached Pearl Harbor and discovered that he was to be the Supply and Disbursement Officer on the USS...

Father Lanigan [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity] was almost like a father to the men, including George...

Carey Suratt believes the war in Vietnam was costly in lives, unnecessarily. He thinks it is important to teach about...

Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...

They never really knew. They could have used any excuse to cut Myers' head off, but he still took alot of chances.Myers...

Soon after the war ended, Robert “Bob” Bowron was sent overseas to the Pacific. He boarded a ship with 4,000 troops....

When Paul Lawrence arrived in New Guinea, the fighting had gone further up the coast. They did see some Bettys [...

Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

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