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Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

Leo William Schmittgens waited sometime before his ship had arrived for them to leave Okinawa. He helped load the ship...

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

Stewart Bass was aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) when the Japanese kamikazes continuously attacked over the course of 51...

William “Bill” Knapp learned how tenuous life is and how men can hate each other during the Second World War. Hating is...

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

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] shows the footage of "Marines at Tarawa" [...

After the battle of Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo Jima, Japan],...

Jack Leaming and the USS Enterprise (CV-6)'s Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) received SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD...

The war did not have much of an effect on Walter Jacobs. He has never had a problem talking about it like a lot of guys...

Arthur Pendleton never claimed his injuries. He does not know if he ever will or if he even wants to. The system is...

[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

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