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Frank Pantuso was relieved when President Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United...

Burton "Burt" Johnson went to mortar school [Annotator's Note: M2 60mm mortar at Camp Elliot in San Diego, California...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

After 13 months in occupied Japan, Clark Wackerman was able to return home. The return home was much worse than the...

Marvin Martin’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was being in Japan during occupation. He also remembers when...

In 1944, Louis R. Lepore loaded his division [Annotator's Note: 5th Marine Division] into a ship and set sail. He...

Charles Bishop was born in New Haven, Connecticut in November of 1920. The depression years were sketchy. His mother...

Samuel Malta and the men in combat were just kids who were 18 or 19 years old. The combat troops felt they were...

Myron J. Carraway was waiting for breakfast when the Pearl Harbor attack began [Annotator's Note: Carraway was aboard...

[Annotator's Note: Maynard David served in the USAAF as a bombardier on Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in...

Harold C. Cook entered the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

Wallace Spencer describes life aboard the USS Essex (CV-9). There was one man aboard who never took showers so they all...

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