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James Roy Colquitt unloaded troops on the beach as the tide went out stranding his ship [Annotator’s Note: Colquitt was...

Some of the men Ellis Whaley trained with were weeping about being away from home. The climate in Washington was cold....

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

Gerald Kynett picked up his ship in Evansville, Indiana, then sailed down the Mississippi [Annotator's Note:...

Sumner Whitten is proud to have survived the Battle of Midway. A few years ago he was contacted about Battle of Midway...

William Leibold spoke to his wife Grace for the first time in years while he was in Oakland. She wanted to visit but he...

After basic training, Herbert Yudenfriend was sent to Camp Howze in Texas near Dallas [Annotator's Note: Cooke County,...

Richard Lafleur [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty with 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] got acquainted...

Byron Herbert Meader's most memorable experience of World War 2 was meeting up with the Russians and observing how they...

Bruce McCormick was in a convoy when the war ended. The fleets mustered in the Philipines. Then they got together to go...

John E. Johnson described accommodations on the APD [Annotator's Note: Johnson served aboard the high speed transport...

When William Goldsborough learned about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

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