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Dr. Peter Paret, military historian and author, was born in Berlin, Germany in 1924, and his youth and life were shaped...

After going over the side, the boats would then form up waves of ten or twelve boats which rode around in circles until...

Peter Gallo was involved in an incident that got him into trouble in Korea. A Japanese officer came in and was chasing...

Burton Johnson entered into service at Clinton, Arkansas at age 18. At Fort Sill, Oklahoma, he was assigned to the 1st...

At the end of the battle [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Louis R. Lepore was brought back to the beach and given a...

Edgar Eugene “Gene” Fricker was quickly released from the Navy after the war and attended college on the G.I. Bill [...

Randall Edwards does not remember how he got "mixed up with the Russians," but he has photos that prove he did. He does...

Charles Womack remembers the terrain on New Guinea being thick jungles with vines growing wildly throughout and near...

Astley Blackwell, Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1925. During the depression his family lived with his...

John Singlaub was trained by the British Special Forces. Some of the training included assuming an artificial...

Melvin S. Tanenbaum hated the Japanese during the war. They made sneak attacks with no warning. It was a blessing to...

Henry Ratcliff was born in January 1923 in Columbia, Louisiana. He had five brothers. He grew up in the area of...

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