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Lincoln Piazzo was born in December 1918 in Reno, Nevada. His father was an immigrant, working in the transportation of...

James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...

Albert Yamamoto returned to America [Annotator's Note: in June 1947 after being in Japan for six years as an American...

Dale Bates' most memorable experience of World War 2 was a mission off the tip of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa,...

Edward Bale and his tanks loaded into LCMs [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft, Mechanized] and then into an LSD [...

David Lansou was drafted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in 1943]. His parents were proud that their sons were...

Fred Bergeron was born in Abbeville, Louisiana in January 1923. Custom dictated that the mother would be taken care of...

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

Wilbur Rogers laughs at remembering the reward for picking up a downed pilot: ice cream. For each man a ship picked up...

James D. Comeaux describes the actions of the USS Auburn (AGC-10) in her role as a command ship during the invasion of...

Hershel Williams was sent to the capitol city of Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina] and from...

Lazarick knew he was going to the Pacific. In March of 1944 the 96th Division was classified as an amphibious division....

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