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Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...

Wilbur Rogers was born in August 1925 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, the youngest of six boys and three girls. His wasn't a...

Gus Gikas was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in April 1921. His dad was the town hat maker. Gikas moved to north Texas when...

Joseph F. McGee Junior was born in Utah, Alabama on 6 March 1924. He was standing in front of his town's post office...

When Merrill went aboard the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] she was damaged but had been patched up....

The attack on Pearl Harbor happened while Calvin Summers was at work, and when he came home, his family was discussing...

John Finn stayed on .30 and .50 caliber machine guns throughout the battle, but couldn't be sure if he shot down any...

Daniel Crowley and a couple of his friends were sent on the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) to the Philippines. He recalled...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

Frank Patti was born in December 1924 in Hammond, Louisiana and grew up on a produce farm where his parents shared the...

Herb McClure was born in March 1924 in Neodesha, Kansas, the only male and oldest of five siblings. His father had an...

Towards the end of World War 2, John Carruth, serving in the Navy, was sent to Jacksonville [Annotator's Note:...

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