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The first board Tyler went before was the Roberts Commission. He also went before army and navy boards. The boards were...

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

In July 1945, Peter Hebert enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and was sent to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego,...

When Donald Hoff's plane went into its dive, it did not last long. At 250 miles per hour the dive goes by quick. When...

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

Sidney Philips remembers the trip overseas as sitting around the boat chewing fingernails. Life aboard a troopship is...

Alvin Barnes was born December in 1925 in Minden, Nebraska. His family moved from the small Midwestern town and bought...

Thomas Joseph Lemme went directly from Hawaii to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan with Company G, 2nd...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm was called into personnel one day [Annotator’s Note: Boehm was working toward acceptance as...

Jack Holder did not talk about his World War 2 experiences until recently. He booked a trip to New York on an Arizona...

After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...

Emmett Kaylor was only about 500 yards away from the Japanese. They were so hungry that they ate despite the smells....

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