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Choosing to go in the Navy [Annotator's Note: in 1944] was natural for Philip Curran. He grew up on the water. His...

James “Jim” R. Boyd separated from service with the rank of lieutenant in 1946. He immediately took advantage of the G....

When the flag went up on Mt. Suribachi [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, February 1945], Hershel Williams was too busy in...

Ray Felts married in late 1949 to a girl he met at church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He didn't have much trouble getting back...

Trinidad Ledesma was sent to Yokohama, Japan [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty after World War 2]. The streets were...

Ralph C. Franklin attended Columbia University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York] graduate school. He thought...

On one patrol, Melvin C. Whitman shot a big rat off a fence. The shot scared a hiding Japanese soldier and one of...

George Mouton was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1926. He was young during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was shipped...

Harold Bergbower retired from the Air Force after 30 years of service. He enjoyed playing golf. He went to work at the...

Richard Witaker landed on Red Beach 2 on Easter Sunday, April Fool's day of 1945 [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945]. The...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr. landed in Yokohama, Japan [Annotator's Note: following the end of the war in September 1945]....

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