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Nevin Sledge had 319 pilots in his graduating class in Corpus [Annotator’s Note: Corpus Christi, Texas]. They were...

Robert Hammond's medical training was in suturing, and one of his major challenges on Guam occurred when there were no...

From Leyte, the 7th Infantry Division went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], and Peter Gallo described...

In early September 1944, James Stewart Rosenbaum shipped out for the Pacific from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San...

John Singlaub wanted to be a regular Army officer after the war ended. He immediately applied for the integration of...

Drafted into the Army in 1943, Peter Paret was thrown in with unfamiliar types, and became a fairly solitary man. His...

James T. Connelly was born in June 1922 in Dorange, South Carolina on a farm. His father had to hunt for a job. His...

Howard Warren Stokes was born in 1926 in Lodi, California and was an only child. His father supported his family during...

During World War 2, Douglas Holmes Blair was assigned to the USS Hampden County (LST-803) as the fire control man and...

Williams Riggs was born in Somerset, Texas in January 1925. He grew up working on a farm and vowed he would never go...

When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...

William O’Brien was the second officer to the skipper. They had a cook, a quartermaster, three machinist mates, three...

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