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When hostilities ended, Irwin Schneider was sent up to the Philippine Islands. It was in the Philippines that he was...

John Nicholas went into the service in September 1943. His half brother George was already in the Navy. Nicholas went...

In December 1942, Frank H. O'Leary was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] when his platoon...

Later on [Annotator's Note: in the war] in the atolls on the way to China, the destroyers would go into the lagoons...

There were no jobs when Charles Bruce got out of the service. He got married right away. He met a high school girl and...

Even with his hearing difficulties, Robert Dickinson still jumps when loud noises go off, in just the way he did when...

David Thomason loved it [Annotator's Note: Navy boot camp] and worked hard. He went home on leave [Annotator's Note: an...

After the conclusion of World War 2, William Riggs' only thought upon arriving home was to seek out a job away from the...

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

Jack Pierce had a good job offer on the West Coast. He tried to get discharged there, but they would not do it. He...

On Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: with the 5th Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945...

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