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At the time war broke out, Charles A. Waller was working as an usher at a nearby movie theater and followed the course...

James did not realize that he was shot right away. He knew he was hit but the pain did not register. He went down below...

Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] got a message from the Naval Air Station [Annotator's...

They returned to Pearl Harbor but didn't stay long enough for Clayton Fisher to train. He still hadn't made any dives...

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

Benjamin Carson found that evacuating Makin Island was far more difficult that arriving there. The tide worked against...

Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

George Colburn got a ten-day leave to go home after bootcamp. Two of his buddies were home at the same time. He then...

Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Burrell was sent overseas after nearly being court-martialed in boot camp.] Joseph Burrell...

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

Henry Joffray sailed his first Merchant Marine voyage delivering shredded wheat for the troops. [Annotator's Note:...

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