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Walter Groth remembers the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] had a great Air Force. Later...

Harold Zeringer could not keep up with the European War because he devoted his attention to the war in the Pacific. The...

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

Without any time to become acquainted with anyone, Aloysius "Al" Arend was put on a ship bound for combat in the...

When asked about a general message about his service and war, Eugene Tarrant references Civil War General Sherman's [...

Pedro Parra feels that most veterans of the war did not talk too much about it. The young people have no idea what it...

Olaf Rose said they did not go out every night, and they kept the engines tuned up, so there was not much work done on...

John Elliott made one more mission after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

James Warren David remarked how he missed eating fresh eggs, roast beef, gravy, seafood, and cous-cous, and other Cajun...

Melvin C. Whitman had few harassing fire missions during the nights when the Japanese would move on Peleliu [Annotator'...

Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands] was taken on 1 November [Annotator's Note: 1...

Robert Frederick Reed's squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Bombing Squadron 612 (VMB-612)] did training dropping...

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