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William Lutz was not in a combat unit. They trained other units for amphibious landings. They went hunting and fishing...

Vejtasa could see the Lexington on fire but still recovering planes. The Yorktown was also burning but recovering...

James Roy Colquitt was born in September 1926 in Needmore, Alabama. He was one of nine children. His family lived on a...

James Billingsley encountered quite a bit of Japanese resistance going up Highway 17 [Annotator's Note: now Emilio...

When Calvin Moore arrived at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North...

Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...

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

Mitchell Zimmer attended boot camp at Newport, Rhode Island. He went to special training in San Diego. He was assigned...

Robert J. Ferris joined Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) as a replacement pilot [Annotator's Note: when...

The B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] appealed to William Smith as an airplane. The...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] labored at a Japanese port with an American prisoner named...

Herbert Yudenfriend graduated high school at 16 and enrolled in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science [...

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