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[Annotator's Note: James Billingsley was treated for a shrapnel wound at Parañaque, Philippines and sent back to his...

Mort Oman was born in Chicago, Illinois in September 1923 and moved to Winnetka, Illinois when he was in the sixth...

Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...

The Battle of the Driniumor River ended in August of 1944 after the Japanese 18th Army had been completely decimated....

Keith Renstrom discusses what it was like to train soldiers. One time, he witnessed a soldier giving bayonet...

John E. Johnson went back to the ship, but not all his crewmates did. After replacements came from a nearby receiving...

Fred Wesighan enlisted in the Army after he graduated in high school because he "did not like people kicking around our...

Daniel J. Lawler was wounded [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II; 15...

Charles Martin was at the hospital when the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945]. He found out that...

Richard Witaker recognized that the life expectancy of platoon leaders was not very long on Okinawa. The Japanese would...

Ray Anthony saw the big band era subside with the influx of the rock and roll genre. Anthony seldom performs now....

Stanley John Niec decided not to stay in the Navy after the war. He used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill...

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