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Vernon Micheel sailed on a freighter manned by a crew from Ceylon [Annotator's Note: now Sri Lanka, November 1942]. He...

When the Japanese planned invasions on American, English or Filipino soil, they had to come up with a new code...

Looking back, 65 years after the event, James Muri believes that the Battle of Midway had to be a turning point in the...

George Hamilton’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting hit by a 50-foot wave and the ship shuttering....

Myers was discharged from the Navy as a Seamen Last-Class [Annotator's Note: either apprentice seaman or seaman 2nd...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. As a result of the war, his father realized his dream...

Dale Bates' most memorable experience of World War 2 was a mission off the tip of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa,...

Wim de Jonge accompanied an officer to Jakarta. They traveled alone in a jeep through the mountains without convoy...

Charles Wesley Borders served for about two months in the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1943. He and five others were sent...

Before entering the military, Thomas J. Bostick received some training by a World War 1 veteran while in high school....

During his time in the Samar Islands, the Philippines, William Schrader [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 23rd...

When Mack was going into Okinawa in the Higgins boat, he claims he had a vision. It was a vision of his mother. His...

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