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Arthur Pendleton was happy to get off of Cape Gloucester. They were there during the monsoon season. It was a terribly...

John Mikus, Jr. was with the old paratroopers on Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Battle of Vella Lavella, 15 August to...

Wesley Waggoner had a recommendation to join the Navy SeaBees or Construction Battalion [Annotator’s Note: Waggoner and...

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

Wilbur Rogers' discharge was based on the convenience of the government and was affected at New Orleans, Louisiana on...

William Pierce was in Parris Island boot camp for eight weeks. He did what he was told and experienced the rigors of...

Carroll Harris was counting inventory in the grocery store he worked at when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Melvin C. Whitman thinks the servicemen who returned [Annotator's Note: from World War 2] were able to teach their kids...

Philip Mayer had been in the Pacific for 30 months and was in the assault wave on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa,...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BARman, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th...

Clarence Strobel was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 188th Glider Infantry Regiment [Annotator’s Note:...

James Gaffney reveals how the PT Boat reacted to rough seas. Included is an explanation of how the bilge pumping system...

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