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Bill Toledo was sent to code talker [Annotator's Note: person employed by the military to use a little-known language...

After returning from his leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], James W. Metcalf...

Yukio Kawamoto was a precious child for his parents. The draft got him and he went to war. Kawamoto worked for the...

Richard Nummer experienced the brutality of war on Iwo Jima. He and his buddies witnessed Japanese soldiers lying with...

James Gaffney reviews the crew and officers of the PT Boat he served on in World War II. Some were good and some not so...

Salvatore Famularo does not know why he picked the Marine Corps. He thought he was an athletic kid. He had street sense...

James Smith recalled that the Japanese attacked at around nine that night and things were going bad. A number of...

Lauren Bruner was born in November 1920 in Shelton, Washington. He discusses his upbringing and childhood by recounting...

Calvin Moore went to one place where a guy hit him with an axe. They were cutting black mahogany trees. He does not...

Richard Lafleur went to Fort Riley [Annotator's Note: in Geary and Riley Counties, Kansas] for basic training after...

Hopkins was the 33rd plane to take off. It was the 1st time that Hopkins took off carrying a live bomb. After he took...

Ray Davidson [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to identify], and maybe Bender [Annotator's Note: phonetic...

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