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James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). When...

While the ships were circling, Hershel Williams had to use the bathroom, which was essentially a pump that circulated...

Roger Shaw decided to be a doctor after his service because he wanted more education. He quickly finished his...

Nobuo Hayashi remembers when the Americans arrived in their jeeps playing jazz music. He did not trust them at first...

Robert Swan did not select going into patrol planes. Everybody asks for fighters when they go through flight school....

Rollins Rosenzweig was part of the aircraft carrier naval air cover for the invasion of Iwo Jima. [Annotator's Note:...

William Lutz was in the 77th Infantry Division. He did not know where they would be sent. They went to Oahu [Annotator’...

Robert Marich's unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne...

Edward Riedl remembers that Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] was different than Leyte [Annotator's Note:...

Thomas Francis Schicker was told he was ready to go overseas. At Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps...

Bill Toledo was sent from Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands with Headquarters Company, 3rd...

After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...

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