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William Earl Gast was sent to Camp Shanks [Annotator's Note: in Orangetown, New York] for embarkation. While he waited...

When Edward Chinnis reported aboard the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Dorchester (APB-46)], there was a third class...

Francis John "Dick" Varone had not spoken much about his wartime experiences until he joined a group of other veterans...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

Richard Miralles went to boot camp and trained for two months. Then they went to different schools. Miralles went to...

Robert Brant wanted to be transferred to new duties on an escort ship going to the Philippines after spending 11 months...

James Thomas Jackson was born in July 1926 in Ponchatoula [Annotator's Note: Ponchatoula, Louisiana] with an older...

Tyler was 27 or 28 when he went to Hawaii. Hawaii was a pleasant place. There were alerts but Tyler never heard about...

The closer Carey Suratt got to Japan, the more aggressive things became. On his second trip to Leyte, the 459 [...

Richard Miralles thought Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] was miserable. They had mud on...

Robert Brant and his ship made it to Kyushu, Japan after hitting a typhoon in the Pacific. Brant recalled having ill...

James Thomas Jackson was 15 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

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