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Stanley Fagerstrom was born in June 1923 in Schaffer, North Dakota. He had a sister who was eight years older than him...

Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...

James "Jim" Tubach was born in April 1926 in Fall City, Nebraska. He grew up there on a dairy farm with ten brothers...

Paul Bannai joined the Allied Translator Interpreter Service [Annotator's Note: referred to as ATIS], which served all...

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

William Lansford continued training while he was in Hawaii waiting for the Raiders who had carried out the raid on...

Thomas Edward Pugh made it to Washington the day Germany surrendered [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...

Frederick Jenkins went through the Panama Canal [Annotator's Note: Manmade canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific...

John "Jack" Raquepau does not know if he got the same bunk that was used by the pilot he replaced [Annotator's Note:...

George Mouton thinks the war made a man out of him. The war showed people the United States was great and worth...

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

Rob Roy Ratliff joined the Marine Corps and trained with some of the Navajo code talkers. He received a ten day leave [...

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