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Bill Norberg remembers Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] exerting his power prior to the start of...

Wilbur Rogers' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Foote (DD-511)] and crew were preparing for the invasion of Japan, but the...

After his discharge from serving in World War 2, Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. remained in the Naval Reserve and was called up...

Henry Ratcliff was most affected by the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also called shimbu-...

When Lincoln Piazzo deployed for overseas service, he was flown from San Francisco, California to New Guinea without...

Francis Bucher says the closest he came to death was when he flew with a drunk commander. He was in the hangar ready...

Thomas Joseph Lemme teamed up with a fellow named John Prentice Brown [Annotator's Note: Lemme was drafted into the...

The worst duty for Vernon Micheel was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as a Douglas SBD...

Wim de Jonge's Japanese captors disrespected the POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war]. Prisoners would be beaten...

Paul Lawrence was at the Harvard [Annotator's Note: Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts] commencement speech...

After his discharge from the Navy, Raymond “Ray” Parrotta received the 52-20 club benefits [Annotator's Note: a...

Ben Steele was on a detail when he passed out on the side of the road, stricken with malaria. When he was finally able...

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