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James Buckley had no interest in politics. Floating around in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as a Deck Officer aboard...

Frederick Ellis's points were up, and he was entitled to go home. He got a new officer on board [Annotator's Note: USS...

Lester Caplan's decision to serve in World War 2 came out of his belief that it was a legitimate war, and America was...

Howard Hart has been told repeatedly that the onset of war in the Philippines was a terrible surprise to the American...

Pedro Parra feels that most veterans of the war did not talk too much about it. The young people have no idea what it...

James Warren David was born in Youngsville, Louisiana in January 1926. During the Great Depression, his father and...

Daniel Morisak was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania in January 1921 and was raised in Akron, Ohio with three brothers. He...

They [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were put ashore on New...

Looking back, Dale Peterson feels honored that he participated in the 2 September 1945 surrender of the Japanese. At...

Walter Groth was discharged in Texas. He turned in everything. The war was over. The war had ended when they got out....

Bruno S. Rinas believes that had the Americans been given better training and equipment, they would have held out...

Thomas J. Smith, Junior was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...

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