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Archibald Rackerby volunteered to become a Marine Raider. He was a corporal and was in charge of classifying incoming...

From Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Donald Campbell and the USS LST-809 prepared for the invasion of...

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

Gerald V. West was born in Glens Falls, New York in October 1919. His family owned a farm of about 140 acres and West's...

Adolfo V. Celaya first encountered a man laying on his back [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...

Nobuo Hayashi was suppressed with no freedom [Annotator's Note: growing up in Japan during World War 2]. He remembers...

After being drafted, Jack Dunlavy went to Anniston [Annotator's Note: Anniston Army Depot in Bynum, Alabama] to the...

They went directly into Ormoc Bay [Annotator's Note: Philippines]. Once the troops landed the kamikazes started to...

Oscar Culp was able to write home during the time of his military service. The cost of postage has risen sharply over...

Marvin Martin was born in South Bend, Indiana in June 1926. He served in the military during World War 2 from December...

The Filipino people were great, just like any American doing the same thing. They were forced to be in a war. When Earl...

That same day, Robert Powers [Annotator's Note: Powers asks for the helmet he wore the day he was shot] was on top of...

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