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Frank Campisano's trip to the Pacific was uneventful. He joined the 2nd Marine Division on Saipan [Annotator's Note:...

The Russians [Annotator's Note: 262nd Rifle Division, 113 Infantry Corps] liberated Malcolm Ernest [Annotator's Note:...

Fiske Hanley talks about the close calls he experienced during his first six missions over the Japanese home islands....

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

[Annotators Note: Robert Ray Akins served in a special weapons company in the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

Ardell Bollinger learned about his mission to France the night before 23 September. [Annotator’s Note: Bollinger is...

Mann was born in Germany in 1925 and came to the United States in 1936. His father got a job at an American University....

Charles Scheffel got married on 27 March 1942. He cut his college hours down so he could go on a honeymoon. Scheffel...

The ship spent a few days in San Diego. When the Yorktown had passed through the Panama Canal, Vejtasa had been...

Baum recalls an event that took place at the Maginot Line. Harold Cohen had just taken over the battalion. He argued...

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