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Russell Van Matre was born in March 1922 in Elsberry, Missouri with two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents were...

Connick's boat [Annotator's Note: an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)] held roughly thirty-six men. Each boat...

James "Jim" Marshall was born in August 1923 in Reading, Kansas. He grew up on a farm with his six siblings. His family...

William Wayne got out of the hospital and was in the Marine Transit Center in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...

[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was stationed at Nichols Field near Manila, Philippines with the 27th Bombardment...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson was born in Bronson, Florida in December 1927. He had five brothers and sisters. His father, an...

James Warren David was born in Youngsville, Louisiana in January 1926. During the Great Depression, his father and...

Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...

Helen Ehlers was born in September 1923 in Cicero, Illinois. She had two brothers and one sister. Her father was a...

Loraine Osborne was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky in 1925. She grew up on a farm. They canned everything. When they...

Wesley Waggoner remembers the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

Peggy Upham was born in January 1924 in Dallas, Texas. She remembers the Great Depression. Her family did alright. They...

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