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[Annotator's Note: Video pauses frequently throughout segment.] Whayland Harvel Greene was born in February 1925 in...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. As a result of the war, his father realized his dream...

Floyd James Reissig was hit by shrapnel from one of his own guns. While they were firing, the shrapnel hit him, causing...

David R. Saunders traveled down the river [Annotator's Note: the Mississippi River] and out into the Gulf of Mexico....

[Annotator's Note: Robert Barnett looks for some notes.] The Scouts and Raiders was formed in 1942. They [Annotator's...

Lester Hecht went to boot camp at Parris Island in South Carolina. He got in shape. It did not bother him. He was older...

Thomas Joseph Lemme went directly from Hawaii to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan with Company G, 2nd...

William Scott Stroud departed Hawaii for Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands], stopping over...

Earl Williams was shipped out to New Guinea [Annotator's Note: with the 318th Port Company, 512th Port Battalion]. They...

Forrest Villarrubia was home from the Pacific by December 1945, but he had to continue in the service because he did...

Returning to the United States, Vaughn Whitworth was offered a promotion to reenlist. He had had enough and went home....

Archie Kelley had done very well in high school and had no academic problems at all [Annotator's Note: while attending...

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