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Bloody Ridge had other names but that night it was officially named Bloody Ridge. It was the one spot that the Japanese...

After Erik Johnsen graduated from his final training at Kings Point, [Annotator's Note: US Merchant Marine Academy,...

When Charles Weskey Borders got to New Guinea it had not been secured. The worst time was when he was based at Noemfoor...

After his discharge, Harry Walker Wellford used the G.I. Bill to further his education. He owes a debt to the...

Lester Hecht was heading to the invasion of Leyte. Halsey [Annotator's Note: US Navy Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey]...

Louis Conter left boot camp in San Diego, California with the knowledge that he was to be assigned to the battleship...

In early April [Annotator's Note: April 1943], second lieutenants were asked to volunteer for duty in the Pacific....

After joining the Navy, David Eugene Turnbull was sent to Great Lakes Training Center [Annotator’s Note: Chicago,...

Charles Chartier thought he would go where it was nice and warm. He joined his outfit overseas. As they left Seattle,...

Vaughn Whitworth, like most segregated Marines, was in a Depot Company [Annotator's Note: 19th Depot Company, 7th Field...

The morning that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson served aboard the USS Jamestown...

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