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Richard Miralles got word on his 18th birthday that they were going home. He went on liberty [Annotator's Note: an...

When he heard that the war had ended, Robert Dickinson was disappointed that he wasn't going back to combat in the...

On his way back home, Lincoln Piazzo was relieved to be leaving the scene of the war. He admitted that he was...

On the 8th [Annotator's Note: 8 May 1942, the second day of the Battle of Coral Sea], Norman Sterrie knew it was going...

John "Jack" Raquepau first saw George Bush [Annotator's Note: George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States]...

Robert Akins discusses how the heroes were the ones who gave their lives 10,000 miles from home. Of the 120 men in his...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone joined the US Marine Corps in July 1940. After completing boot camp he joined the 1st...

Harry McKnight arrived at Sugar Loaf Hill [Annotator's Note: a part of the Japanese defensive line known as the Shuri...

Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and was given a preference. He just missed being eligible for OCS [Annotator's Note: officer...

[Annotator's Note: Sumner Whitten served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator dive bomber with Marine...

Bloody Ridge had other names but that night it was officially named Bloody Ridge. It was the one spot that the Japanese...

Albert Simon went to school until to the seventh grade. He had to go to work on the farm in the third grade. He had to...

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