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Charles Gubish did not know much about what was going on with the war in the Pacific. Marine Corps boot camp was tough...

The US Navy had planes ready to help out at Wake Island but the admiral in charge figured that it was going to be too...

Bruce McCormick returned to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...

[Annotator's Note: Andrew Petrus' wife talks about her family offscreen.] Andrew Petrus had a friend who bought a hotel...

While in Manila, Wim de Jonge was ordered to return to the Dutch Army to fight an uprising in the Dutch East Indies....

Harry A. Donovan was assigned to a transport ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Leon (APA-48)] and trained for a month on...

Deen was born in McCray, Georgia. His father was the president of South Methodist College. He was one of three kids....

Edward Bale saw most of his company's [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Corps Tank Battalion (medium)] casualties at...

Alexander Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer], out over the...

After the war, Robert Marich worked in television. A show he produced featured couples who had been married a long time...

Dee Wayne White was born in September 1929 in Chester, Idaho. At age eight, his parents divorced, and he moved with his...

Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...

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