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When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...

The B-29s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] had "lots of troubles," but Fiske Hanley said...

Daniel J. Lawler deployed to the Pacific in November 1943. He felt sufficiently trained. Training was hell, but he used...

When Arthur Pendleton was on the ridge he recalled a shell from a Japanese naval gun landing in front of them. The...

Anthony Costa enjoyed it [Annotator's Note: his prewar service in the United States Marine Corps] because he was able...

After the war, Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] had good reasons to stay in the...

Paul Sparacino [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5) during Operation Dominic, series of...

Jimmie Dyer and the 6th Marine Division was sent to replace the Army's 27th Infantry Division in the south of Okinawa....

Hershel Hibbard was born in Rose Hill, Kansas in September 1925. His mother worked as a switchboard operator and his...

[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels entered the service in February 1944.] When he reported on the last day of the month, he...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

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

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