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When the battle initially started, Frank Pomroy was positioned with a water-cooled machine gun [Annotator's note: .30...

The next morning, Jack Yusen was heading down to get some food when the call to battle stations came over the intercom...

Michael Maziarczyk remembers the Navy starting the bombardment at four in the morning. They made a hospital on the...

After doing shore duty for a couple weeks, Lincoln Grahlfs was transferred to Guam [Annotator’s Note: Northern Marianas...

Lawrence N. Brooks was born in 1909 in Norwood, Louisiana, near Baton Rouge. Most of his youth was spent near...

After joining the Navy, Douglas Holmes Blair was assigned to the USS Hampden County (LST-803). The crew left New...

Lawrence Wulf enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He was sent to Victory Field in Vernon, Texas. His instructor was...

Edwin Lamm's most memorable experience of World War 2 was picking up a crash of a B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated...

Walter Nelson used to fly out into the fog near the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Sometimes he flew underneath the Bay...

After gunnery training, Clarence Lee "Jack" Dobbs was sent to a staging area in Lincoln, Nebraska, then to Harvard,...

Ferrier was given a weekend pass and stayed at the Royal Hawaiian hotel. At the hotel Ferrier did not talk to many...

That night, Carroll Harris experienced a Japanese surprise attack. Guards were put in place where Sergeant Allan was...

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