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Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...

Recalling his experiences on Cape Gloucester, Joe Clapper said the combat portion was very light. It was the easiest...

Stinson was born in Columbia, Alabama. After he and his classmates graduated from high school in 1943 they joined the...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer establishes the date of 15 February 1944 as the starting point for this clip.]...

After graduating from Officer Cadet School [Annotator's Note: at Fort Benning, Georgia], Clark Wackerman was sent to...

After the war ended, William Beaman was sent back to San Francisco, California on the USS Flasher (SS-249), then...

For food, John Bradley and the internees [Annotator's Note: in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment...

Robert L. Donovan did not want to be in the infantry. He was working at the Goodrich Company when he learned that the...

Harold Whitaker and a few friends went up to San Francisco in the summer of 1945 and joined the Merchant Marine. They...

Giles Bacon remained at Merritt Island for five months before transferring to Quantico, Virginia. He then transferred...

During the day [Annotator's Note: during Bougainville campaign, part of the Solomon Islands Campaign at Bougainville,...

Joseph Townsend joined the service because his aunt who was a Marine convinced him to join. He is military-oriented and...

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