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Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

John Caraway stayed in the reserves and was called up when the Korean War broke out. In October 1950, he shipped out of...

Willis Mills was attending Hayward High [Annotator’s Note: Hayward High School in Hayward, California] when he decided...

George Joseph Bertucci went to San Diego, California for basic training. After three weeks, he went aboard the USS...

Emil Kesselman was born in April 1927 in Jamaica, New York. He had one brother, George, who has since passed, and a...

Robert Templet served on the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) after serving on Maui. The Roxanne would bring supplies to the troops...

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent to...

Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...

Pete Brock's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the surrender of the Japanese in 1945 and when his crew...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was in high school in 1941 in Ozona [Annotator's Note: Ozona, Texas]. They were shocked [...

Alfred Rodrigues identified Japanese aircraft by the large circles on their wings. It was Sunday and he had just sat...

It took Blanchard quite a while to get topside. There was a lot of smoke. The men had to move to get away from it all....

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