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When Theodore Pavlovich was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands], it was wet and rough. For...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was born in April 1923 in Visalia, California. During the Great Depression, his father worked for...

James Bowie knew the war was still going on when he was going home. Many of the men had war souvenirs. They were told...

Charles Brooks entered the United States Navy. He was first shipped to Athens, Georgia for basic physical training...

Charles Struble remembers planes [Annotator's Note: of the 421st Bombardment Squadron, 504th Bombardment Group, 20th...

Leonard Brooks and his family were on their way back [Annotator's Note: to the Philippines] when the Blitzkrieg started...

Lloyd Dendy was in the advance party [Annotator's Note: of the 12th Defense Battalion] on the first day at Cape...

The first time Mort Oman experienced enemy fire was in the Philippines when the Japanese fired upon him, and he did not...

When activity became concentrated at Guadalcanal, they [Annotator's Note: James Morehead and the rest of the 8th...

Upon completing his training, Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (...

Giles Bacon thinks it is very important that The National World War II Museum exists. History is not being taught well...

Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....

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