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Paul Fair remembers it was sandy on the beach of New Guinea, then it turned into a jungle. The weapons he used did not...

William Barnes was aboard USS PC-590 when it was thrown onto the reef which surrounds Midway atoll. After making...

James H. "Jim" Pritchard was born in August 1925 in Ottawa, Kansas. He grew up there. He had three sisters and two...

The heat of our bodies is what saved their lives. They had charcoal heaters but were not given any charcoal. It was...

After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

Wilbur Rogers was born in August 1925 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, the youngest of six boys and three girls. His wasn't a...

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

Edward F. Kent and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 602nd Field Artillery Battalion (Pack)] were selected to go to Italy...

After going aboard they were given some soap and a half a towel [Annotator's Note: Raymond Bailey and many of the other...

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The Thresher left port...

John Nicholas was born in Marysville, Michigan in December 1924. He grew up in Marysville with his half brother and...

Jack Dye was still in the Navy when the war was over. They took their load of fuel to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan...

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