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When their training schedule was complete, James “Jim” R. Boyd and the rest of his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Motor...

The next morning Alex Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway. They took a bugler and...

James Born installed water units that changed saltwater to fresh water for various buildings like barracks, bases, and...

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] heard a man...

Connick recalls the atmosphere of New Orleans during the war. He remembers men being replaced by stars in the window [...

The name of Wendall Woodall's B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was City of...

When William Goldsborough turned 18 in January 1944, he registered for the draft, and was allowed to finish out his...

Philip Curran was in the Yellow Sea [Annotator's Note: sea located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula] for...

Robert Kinzler was born in Newark, New Jersey, but his hometown was just outside the city in Irvington. He graduated...

Aboard his first ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Guadalupe (AO-32)], Lawrence Winnier was an officer's attendant. He...

Lionel Lopez was shot in the back and it came out of his chest. He was taken to a field hospital. The doctor stitched...

Claude Shannahan left Samoa for New Caledonia and from there shipped out to Tulagi aboard the USS Little (APD-4), an...

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