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Mahlen Arledge fought on Peleliu independently of the Marines who were at a stage of moving off the island and turning...

Erwin Johnson was an aircraft mechanic [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 48th Material Squadron, 27th Bombardment...

Leo Terrebonne was born in Westwego, Louisiana in 1923, the third of three children. Both of his parents were Cajuns. [...

Clyde Nordstrom cannot say that his life changed much after the declaration of war [Annotator's Note: on Japan, after...

Delewski had never heard of Pearl Harbor before the attack and never planned to go into the Navy. He graduated high...

Frank Hartzell was born in January 1925 in Buffalo, New York. After six months, his family moved to the Philadelphia...

Wesley Carroll was born in Slidell, Louisiana in 1922. He grew up there, and graduated from high school in 1939, after...

Richard Witaker was born in March 1926 in Saugertis, New York. Saugertis was a small town about 100 miles north of New...

Sherwin Callander's voyage to Australia consisted of stops in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth. It was winter and the ship...

James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...

Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...

Boot camp for Louis Smith took place at Parris Island, South Carolina and he found it tough. They shaved his head to...

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