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Thomas Tizzard decided to separate having survived two ships being torpedoed. He had had enough combat. Once on Guam,...

William Cart switched from SB2Cs [Annotator's Note: Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, or Curtiss A-25 Shrike, dive bomber] to...

Joseph Daquarna and the USS Fulton (AS-11) went to Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands to participate in the atomic...

Sumner Whitten would rent his car out for five dollars per night. Whitten took his graduation leave in New England then...

Frank H. O’Leary was born in June 1921 in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts]. He had two older brothers....

John Stiles boarded the USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145). It was a troop ship and it was an interesting experience....

James H. "Jim" Pritchard's unit [Annotator's Note: 28th Infantry Regiment, 5th Marine Division] was sent to Sasebo on...

James Bowie was part of the invasion of Guam [Annotator’s Note: The Battle of Guam, Mariana Islands; 21 July to 10...

James “Jim” R. Boyd was born in January 1921 in Long Beach, California while his parents were there on vacation....

Joseph Brannan had never ridden on a PT boat [Annotator's Note: Patrol Torpedo boat] prior to his assignment to his...

Salvador Perino's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91)] was brought to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

Joseph DeMott [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war of the Japanese] left the war feeling that we are all human beings...

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