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On the evening of 3 February 1945, Thomas Crosby had gone to get hot water for his room monitor to drink a cup of hot...

From New Guinea, Jack Yusen and the other survivors [Annotator's Note: survivors of the 25 October 1944 sinking of the...

John Burr joined the Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] in college. He was always interested...

The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...

Mason Brownell Fitch flew over Kobe [Annotator's Note: Kobe, Japan] on his first mission over Japan [Annotator's Note:...

William C. Ellzey’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15...

Bill Toledo saw his first combat on 1 November 1943. He landed on the island of Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...

Forrest Villarrubia found the weather on Guam to be beautiful while he was stationed there after his tour in Leyte. The...

Richard Lafleur was not assigned to a unit after training. He knew he was going to be in the 1st Cavalry Division....

Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...

From basic training, Aaron Baumgarten was sent to Great Falls, Montana which, at the time, was one of the headquarters...

In March or April [Annotator's Note: March or April 1944], Donald Draxler returned to Schofield Barracks [Annotator's...

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