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Mark Maynard entered the Navy and initially had training in Idaho and then Illinois. While he was at the second...

Joseph Barger was assigned as a machinist’s mate in the engine rooms aboard the USS LST-716. After amphibious training...

At the conclusion of World War 2, Richard R. Ruess had 85 points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings returned to the States [Annotator's Note: United States] and was put on a list to be a...

Howard Cain was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in November 1926. At age seven, the family moved to Chicago [Annotator’s...

While in Manila, Wim de Jonge was ordered to return to the Dutch Army to fight an uprising in the Dutch East Indies....

James William Grimes was born in November 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. Everything was okay during the 1920s, but the 1930s...

James Goodrich landed [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima] on Red Beach 1 with the 2nd Battalion [Annotator's Note: 2nd...

Gerry Jones completed several missions with his partner, Mack [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity], throughout...

William Barnes was sent home on leave after returning to the United States from the Pacific. He enjoyed seeing his...

Henry Quinton Pike was assigned to a gun on the USS Hornet (CV-8) to transport civilians to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

Victor K. Carman was born in April 1927 in Woodmere, New York on Long Island. His parents divorced when he was three...

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