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Mark Maynard traveled by train from New London, Connecticut to Mare Island which was a replacement depot for submarine...

Benjamin Hagans remembers the officers’ mess had a menu. Hagans was with his brother, Bill, for three weeks. Then they...

J. W. Childs was at the Battle of Midway, but remembers nothing in particular about the event. The USS Worden (DD-352)...

Ben Steele had not eaten in three days when he was captured. He was captured after walking out in front of an enemy...

[Annotator's Note: Melvin C. Whitman was on Peleliu, Palau with Battery L, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings always had a soft spot for the Marblehead [Annotator's Note: USS Marblehead (CL-12)]. It...

After the war, Joseph Barger took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

Remi Kidder returned to Arnaudville [Annotator's Note: Arnaudville, Louisiana]. His family knew he was returning. His...

lroy Gambino and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] built...

Alfred Taddeo witnessed constant attacks by kamikaze aircraft. He and Kanze [Annotator's Note: US Navy Lieutenant (j.g...

Harold “Hal” Leith [Annotator’s Note: as a member of the Office of Strategic Service (OSS), the forerunner of the...

Daniel J. Lawler was born in 1925 in Glens Falls [Annotator's Note: Glens Falls, New York]. His father worked in the...

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