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They had also attacked the smaller fields in the area [Annotator's Note: the Japanese in the Philippines in December...

Homer Myers flew his own airplane from California across the Pacific. The first flight was 12 to 13 hours. They left...

Charles A. Waller [Annotator’s Note: assigned to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241)] was stationed at...

Edward Bale witnessed attacks by Japanese troops who were inebriated. He learned to like the Japanese after the war...

Ellis Whaley's training had been in engineering. He was given a transit and laid out roads and a cemetery. He had some...

James N. Rizzo sailed overseas to the Pacific. He did not travel with his whole group [Annotator's Note: 553rd Air...

William Scott Stroud and his crew carried out 39 strategic bombing missions. [Annotator's Note: Having been shot down...

Romus Burgin was born in Jewett, Texas and stayed there until he graduated high school in 1941. He joined the Marine...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

While in captivity, Walter Bowsher received few Red Cross packages, and, of those he received, some of them were...

Having survived the sinking of USS Arizona (BB-39) and the subsequent treatment for his burn injuries, Lauren Bruner...

Stanley John Niec was born in May 1926 in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] and was raised there. He was...

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