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Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

Meda Royce Hall and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 68 (VC-68) aboard the USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)]...

Clayton Hall and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were...

During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

Norman Kleiss knew Peter Gaido pretty well. When Kleiss was about to take off for his first carrier landing he was...

Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He is 84 years old. He...

When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...

After basic training, James Franklin Young was sent to New River, North Carolina and placed in the Fleet Marine Force....

Ray Fitzgerald rested when he went on leave in Sydney, Australia. The other crewmen sent a woman into his room and he...

Earl Williams was born in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in April 1923. He remembers being...

Lauren Bruner was born in November 1920 in Shelton, Washington. He discusses his upbringing and childhood by recounting...

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