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Whitten, Sumner Early Life and Joining the Marine Corps
Sumner Whitten was born in Newton, Massachusetts. After high school he went to Amherst College. In college he was in...
Longhoffer, Garland Overseas Deployment
In Hawaii, Garland Virgil Longhoffer was still a replacement. It took time to get out of the United States. The trip to...
Perino, Salvador Becoming a Navy Pilot
Salvador Perino was sent to Memphis, Tennessee to fly Stearmans [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75 Kaydet or...
Smith, Carrol Becoming a Marine
Carrol Smith served in the Marine Corps in 1943 and 1944. He was deployed overseas in short order. The bombs were...
Bass, Stewart Reflections
Stewart Bass' most memorable experience in World War 2 was his participation in the attack on the Japanese battleship...
Bowsher, Walter Early Life and Army Service
Walter Alan Bowsher, Jr. was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. His father was in the Army chasing Poncho Villa at the time....
Ramage, James D. "Jig Dog" Attack on Taroa and Other Aerial Combat
James Ramage was at Pearl Harbor when the Battle of Midway took place. He was not aboard ship at the time. The...
Paret, Peter Reflections
According to Peter Paret, the great Prussian philosopher of war Carl von Clausewitz tried to understand war with a...
Donaldson, Buck Entrance into Service
Buck Donaldson joined the Navy. He went to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp by train....
Schweitzer, Philip Luzon and the Raid at Los Banos
After that [Annotator's Note: the 11th Airborne Division's combat operations on leyte], they headed for Luzon on a...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 4
The planes did not form up, instead they headed out one by one. They also did not go up to their normal cruising height...

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