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Jacques Brewster Smith says Elmer Fryar [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling] was the company [Annotator's Note:...

Clint Quirk tried to get into the Navy, but he needed seaman papers. The longshoremen told him to go to the Army...

Burl Loving was ordered to report to the 317 [Annotator’s Note: USS YMS-317 minesweeper] which was a 130-foot-long,...

Angus Francis Mestayer remembers the New Zealanders were not too friendly. They had been fighting in South Africa for...

Edmond Guidry was born in 1920 in Westwego, Louisiana. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...

Emil Schoonejans was born in 1925 in West Hoboken, now Union City, New Jersey. He lived in Union City until 1942 when...

Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

Rudolph C. Miller loved the Marines aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Fond du Lac (APA-166)]. They were very...

Robert Leese was based on New Guinea [Annotator's Note: with the 822nd Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group,...

Bailey had a picture of himself with a flamethrower on his back. It was taken while he was waiting to go free one of...

John Bradley served in the Army infantry and attended jump and Ranger school. He volunteered to join the 101st Airborne...

Bruno S. Rinas left Cabanatuan [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war camp near Cabanatuan City, Philippines] and embarked...

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