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[Annotator's Note: Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. and the interviewer informally chat for a few minutes prior to the start...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer survived Typhoon Louise on Okinawa, Japan on 9 October 1945.] Some groups rebuilt the...

John Stiles went to El Toro, California [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro] for aviation training. The...

When the Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Battle of Hollandia, New Guinea; Operation Reckless, 22 April to 6 June 1944]...

Floyd James Reissig arrived at the Harry Lee [Annotator's Note: USS Harry Lee (APA-10)] a week and a half before he...

Vejtasa could see the Lexington on fire but still recovering planes. The Yorktown was also burning but recovering...

Roger Shaw returned to the United States by way of Northern Ireland. The SS George Gayle sailed alone before reaching...

[Annotator's Note: James McEnery served in the USMC as a rifleman in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

Henry Ratcliff sailed into Oro Bay in New Guinea [Annotator's Note: as a member of the 860th Aviation Engineer...

Thomas Joseph Lemme remained in recovery in the hospital until the end of the war [Annotator's Note: he had been...

Greg Woodham was a small child living in the Philippines prior to World War 2. On 22 December 1941, his mother received...

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