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Robert Templet was aboard the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) when the Japanese surrendered. During the course of the war, the...

Murphy Burke had been gone for two years when he got his first leave in April 1945. While overseas he had stayed in...

[Annotator's Note: The audio and video freeze throughout this clip.] Before VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over...

Charles Wesley Borders was born in April 1922 in Kenedy, Texas. He was the third child of six. His father was a school...

One night, Leon Griffith was on patrol. The sergeant said they should all lay down and go to sleep. The moon came up...

When he had free time, Floyd James Reissig would chip paint and paint the ship. When he was on an island, the crew...

[Annotator's Note: Romus Valtin Burgin served in the United States Marine Corps as a mortar section leader in Company K...

Richard Higgins left Peleliu and went to Pavuvu and got off the ship. The next day a clerk told Higgins that he was...

Alfred A. Lingo was born in San, Jose, Costa Rica in March 1914. His father was a civilian engineer for United Fruit...

James D. Comeaux was born in August 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Egan, Louisiana. He did a lot of...

[Annotator's Note: Edgar Cole served in the US Marine Corps as a communications specialist in the 52nd Defense...

On his first day at sea, Robert Powers got seasick. One of his friends, Ned Meloney, played for the 49ers [Annotator's...

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