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While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

James Smith almost starved to death with only three days rations on his back. They were not organic to the 1st Marine...

Raymond Loidolt was born in 1924 on a farm east of Pierz, Minnesota. The farm kept the six of them busy. He went to...

After Parris Island, William Pierce went to Hingham, Massachusetts which housed a huge naval ammunition manufacturing...

When Oran Harris' ship pulled into port in New Guinea, he walked ashore just to say he had been there. But he saw no...

Aloysius "Al" Arend was born in Chicago, Illinois in November 1925. He grew up and spent much of his life in nearby...

Mark Maynard traveled by train from New London, Connecticut to Mare Island which was a replacement depot for submarine...

During the surrender, Bruno S. Rinas was sick, or he would have run into the hills. He discussed it with some comrades...

Chester Hollingsworth was in the Pacific when the bombs were dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

After three months in Japan, Edward Bale had the necessary points to rotate back to the United States. He left Nagasaki...

Initially, Alfred Taddeo lost contact with his fellow flyers after their short stint together on the team [Annotator's...

Donald Herbert Shown was with a doctor, chaplain and Marine captain who swam around trying to take care of the wounded...

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