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In 1940, David Heath graduated high school and went to work on a farm. Later that year, he joined the Marines [...

As they moved into Germany, Chris Carawan remembered one battle when a man was shot and fell across the top of his...

Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] traveled to...

To William Lansford, all campaigns had goofy things happen. The first time he went out by himself he had been warned of...

Ittsei Nakagawa was born in Fresno, California and lived in Orange Cove [Annotator's Note: Orange Cove, California] in...

Otis Kight was participating in flight operations when the Japanese attacked Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] headed to the Philippines,...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

For Archibald Higgins, being away from family and friends was not easy during his service. It took a tough toll on his...

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

William Goldsborough served during World War 2 because he had no choice; there was a draft and he had to go "at the...

Adolph Wilson was born in Oakdale, Louisiana in 1922. Before the war, his father was in the coffee business. He...

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