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Jack D. Owen was born in Lufkin, Texas in 1926. He had a twin sister and an older brother. Owen’s father struggled...

Another problem they had was when they 1st arrived on the island they ran out of food. When they landed they had the...

William Winter would go out with the patrols to round up Japanese soldiers. They had an airplane and would go pick...

Claude Shannahan and his unit went to Vallejo, California while waiting for transfer papers to go on furlough. Shanahan...

When Ray Gene Gresham got out of the service, he didn't think the G.I. Bill could help him enough to afford college...

Stinson was born in Columbia, Alabama. After he and his classmates graduated from high school in 1943 they joined the...

Socrates Dendrinelis was in the radio shack [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Carina (AK-74)]. He could see the...

Edward Bale witnessed attacks by Japanese troops who were inebriated. He learned to like the Japanese after the war...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

Wim de Jonge was a POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] and worked for the Japanese on the railroad through Thailand...

Al Currier was sent to Fort Custer [Annotator's Note: Fort Custer Training Center, Kalamazoo County and Calhoun County...

Harold Jones [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Pacific in May 1944 with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th...

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