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James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

Glenn Frazier started the Bataan Death March with the other Allied POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] late in...

After an hour [Annotator's Note: of being stranded during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...

On the evening of 3 February 1945, Thomas Crosby had gone to get hot water for his room monitor to drink a cup of hot...

Joseph Earl "Joe" Samrow [Annotator's Note: enlisted in the US Navy in 1944, trained as a torpedo bomber gunner and...

Ray Eshelman did not take long to transition back to civilian life. He was looking forward to it. He did not miss the...

Claude Shannahan lives in Harrison Township. He draws a pension from Chrysler but worries how long that will last with...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, but was raised around San Augustine [Annotator's Note: San...

On 16 April [Annotator's Note: 16 April 1945], the Third Fleet was off the coast of Japan and sent planes out to hit...

The weight of Donald Campbell's job was such that he rarely had off-duty time. He was responsible for the division's...

Leanne Blinzler Noe [Annotator's note: a child internee at Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...

Robert Freligh served during the war because he felt it was his duty. He was also 20 years old at the time and thought...

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