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As the Japanese aircraft came in, they [Annotator's Note: the Navy] would fire antiaircraft at them [Annotator's Note:...

William Barnes was born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After high school he attended Bowling Green Business...

Robert L. Donovan did not rely on his faith as much as people would think. He did not find himself praying very often....

Edward Bale and his Marine Corps Medium Tank Company were told that the enemy resistance on the island of Tarawa would...

Jimmie Dyer does not recall having any feelings one way or the other against the Japanese at the time, although he...

Robert Leese was born in February 1923 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, one of six siblings. When he was four years old, the...

The Japanese had done a real job of planting all kinds of explosives [Annotator's Note: on Peleliu]. Arthur Jackson...

Walter Bowsher made two separate cemeteries because he had to bury Russians. [Annotator's Note: Bowsher was assigned to...

Bailey was assigned to unloading ships. When he wasn't unloading ships he was walking around. He couldn't stay still....

On 1 July 1943, Louis Burg [Annotator’s Note: who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942] was ordered to active duty and...

Yellin went to see Doris, but his name was called to go on an airplane back to New York. A Lieutenant Colonel gave...

Thomas J. Bostick was born in October 1923 in Laurinburg, North Carolina. His parents, both sharecroppers, traveled...

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