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George Mouton thinks the war made a man out of him. The war showed people the United States was great and worth...

When William Goldsborough turned 18 in January 1944, he registered for the draft, and was allowed to finish out his...

Louis Zamperini thought that the mission [Annotator's Note: to bomb Wake Island] was a piece of cake because they were...

Richard O'Hara's most memorable experience of World War 2 was sailing into Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor...

Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

In the Spring of 1942, Benjamin Clark Amsden started pursuing going into Naval Aviation. He found out the eye exam was...

Robert Kinzler was born in Newark, New Jersey, but his hometown was just outside the city in Irvington. He graduated...

Embarking on their journey to the Pacific, Richard Bennett's squadron [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 31...

Frederick Jenkins was an engineer on a whale boat when the war ended. They left the ship as the she went out on picket...

[Annotator's Note: Lawrence J. Delaune, Sr. served with the 25th Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized), 25th Infantry...

When Blanchard's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Franklin, CV-13] was attacked he didn't realize how close they were to...

[Annotator's Note: Phineas Stevens was ordered to join a Landing Ship Tank flotilla, LST Flotilla 7, from San Francisco...

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