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The biggest problem on Rufus Harris' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Miami (CL-89)] was a typhoon [Annotator's Note:...

Leo V. Strausbaugh was a captain in charge of B Company of the 6th Ranger Battalion [Annotator's Note: Company B, 6th...

Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...

After boot camp, Richard Nummer returned home for only one day before he returned to San Diego. Some trainees went AWOL...

In June 1942, Fred Bergeron was told to pack his sea bags. He and the squadron [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 3 (...

James Gaffney felt the Okinawan civilians were glad to see the Americans. They hung around the camp all the time. They...

At 19 years of age, Murphy Burke witnessed the fight at Iwo Jima. He described the day as breaking grungy, with low...

Most of Nick Cristiano's bombing missions started in the evening. He would call the meal before leaving "the last...

As they moved into Germany, Chris Carawan remembered one battle when a man was shot and fell across the top of his...

Bailey feels that war should be over with. His division fought the Chinese in North Korea. Young men are fighting today...

Adolph Wilson fought through some of the worse jungles on Bougainville. It had everything imaginable. It rained every...

Louis Burg initially wanted to fly planes in the military, but his family did not want him to. His mother tore up his...

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