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Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did. About a week...

Harper Gruber was born in November 1924 in his grandmother's home town of Branchville, South Carolina, where the doctor...

Philip Curran's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when they hit a typhoon outside of the Yellow Sea [...

While training as a navigator at Mather Field [Annotator's Note: later Mather Air Force Base; near Sacramento,...

John "Jack" Raquepau got called to go to Preflight School in early November 1942. He went to boot camp which was called...

John Mikus, Jr. took a ship zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-submarine maneuver] across [Annotator's Note:...

Gerald West didn't think often of the Raiders after the war. In recent years the numerous reunions and meetings West...

Melvin Munch was introduced to the Navy in boot camp in San Diego. It was rough. Getting up early each morning to begin...

[Annotator's Note: Selwyn Gilmore served in the United States Army Air Forces as a ground crew armorer in the 52nd...

When Maynard David went home for the first time his wife kept it to herself. She wanted to have time alone with him...

Clarence Robert Duff recalled heading to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

Yellin went to witness the ceremony in 2006. He met a few different Japanese soldiers and American military personnel...

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