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Robert Hammond had to deal with his own health when he was on leave in Philadelphia. He had an appendectomy, and while...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled that one day [Annotator's Note: one day while he was taking part in the Battle of...

Fermer Kellogg was born in April 1925. He was born, raised and resides in Burbank, California. His family made...

Hugh Ettinger was born in May 1926 in Watertown, New York. His father worked as a civil engineer, and they lived on...

Lionel Lopez went to Leyte Island in the Philippines. He stayed on the beach with equipment. On the second day,...

Marthe Cohn was the chief of a hospital at the DMZ [Annotator's Note: the Demilitarized Zone, Vietnam; then French...

Billy Grieves watches movies like Run Silent, Run Deep religiously. He feels that they are more Hollywood than reality...

Once he was back in the United States, Richard Jaccarino traveled by train, dropping off soldiers and train cars all...

John Geiger was born in Newark, New Jersey in April 1923. He had two sisters. His father was a contractor for trucking...

Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....

Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...

William O’Brien remembers that they ate well on the battleship. They had a small refrigerator. They checked all the...

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