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Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

Buck Donaldson joined the Navy. He went to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp by train....

Raymond Bailey was not a Catholic but he went to Father O'Callahan's services [Annotator's Note: Captain Joseph T. O'...

During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: after joining Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division on...

In early September 1944, James Stewart Rosenbaum shipped out for the Pacific from San Diego [Annotator's Note: San...

Louis Block was born in December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and went to school there. He lost his mother at...

Richard Higgins joined the Marine Corps in 1940. He was set on the Marine Corps from the beginning. He never considered...

After basic training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Curtis Winfred Wise went to Fort Rucker, Alabama to a new company...

Merrill was returning from a search mission just as the Doolittle Raiders were taking off from the Hornet [Annotator's...

Richard Nummer returned to the United States in July 1946 after being in Japan for nine months. While on the trip home...

Harold Buell discusses his wartime experiences and his opinions of multiple dive bomber and fighter pilots who he flew...

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