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Lane, Charles Antiaircraft Gun Command, Ira Bong, and Kamikaze Attack
Charles Nathan Lane was part of the 197th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft) (Semimobile) until the Japanese were...
Wise, Curtis Killing a Tree
One of Curtis Winfred Wise's brothers was in the service. They did not talk much about it. He did talk to his parents...
Hendrick, Robert Enlistment and Training
After one year of study at Iowa State [Annotator's Note: Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa], Robert Erskine Hendrick...
Griffith, Leon Prewar to Guarding the Florida Keys
Leon Griffith was born in Magee, Mississippi but raised in Monticello [Annotator's Note: Monticello, Mississippi] on a...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Reflections
Francis John "Dick" Varone had not spoken much about his wartime experiences until he joined a group of other veterans...
Hecht, Lester Invasion of Leyte
Lester Hecht was heading to the invasion of Leyte. Halsey [Annotator's Note: US Navy Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey]...
Zimmer, Mitchell Becoming a Sailor
Mitchell Zimmer attended boot camp at Newport, Rhode Island. He went to special training in San Diego. He was assigned...
Singlaub, John Rehabilitating POWs
John Singlaub had a problem getting into the POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp on Hainan Island. The...
Fisher, Clayton Heading for Midway
They returned to Pearl Harbor but didn't stay long enough for Clayton Fisher to train. He still hadn't made any dives...
Tognoli, Paris Fight for Hill 260
The Japanese at that time [Annotator's Note: on Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Papau New Guinea] were Paris Tognoli's...
Cowart, Harold Battle of Kwajalein
Harold G. Cowart trained on an M1 rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1...

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