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Stanley Wolczyk was under fire three times during the campaign to recapture Attu from the Japanese. It was during the...

Alvin Sniff did numerous trips to the Mediterranean Sea while he was a career Navy man. He recalled when the Navy...

Dale Smith was born in Ontario, California in March 1925. His great grandfather moved there in 1892 and was a founder....

James Smith went home on 2 September 1945. He had a good job in New Zealand where he stayed for the rest of the war [...

Philip Schweitzer's training was heavy on hiking, running and jogging. When they returned from furlough, some of the...

William Cart was sent down to Gillespie [Annotator's Note: Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California], an outlying field...

Edward Bale witnessed the pre-landing bombardment of Saipan. The Navy had learned from previous experiences. The...

Harold Buell flew his first combat mission at Midway on anti-submarine reconnaissance. He had only one prior experience...

After leaving New Guinea, Peter Dipol was sent to Leyte, the Philippines with his unit [Annotator’s Note: the 108th...

A few weeks after the battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of Midway, 4 to 6 June 1942], Leon Williamson returned to Ewa [...

John Bradley served in the Army infantry and attended jump and Ranger school. He volunteered to join the 101st Airborne...

When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...

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