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Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] moved up to the next island because there...

The first island the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) approached was Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands], and...

William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...

James Billingsley was at Fort Benning [Annotator's Note: Fort Benning, Georgia] in an area called The Frying Pan. The...

Serving in the Red Cross made Barbara Butler a more forceful and less shy person. It improved her leadership skills and...

Gerald West was transported from Tulagi to Guadalcanal aboard the USS Colhoun (APD-2). The USS Colhoun was sunk while...

Leon Griffith was in the Philippines and was hunting Japanese who were on a mountain and firing artillery shells at...

William Scott Stroud departed Hawaii for Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands], stopping over...

Ray Emory was born in Peoria, Illinois, one of eight children. His father lost his leg during the Great Depression,...

There were a lot of events that did not make a lasting impression on Crain. He cannot recall the troops he brought in...

After Gerald Wayne Lux was in boot camp [Annotator’s Note: in Farragut Naval Training Station near Bayview, Idaho in...

John Elliott adjusted back to civilian life easily. He made up his mind that he would use the G.I. Bill to go back to...

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