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When he set sail, Gerald West had never heard of Guadalcanal. He didn't learn about it until he was about to attack it...

In February 1946, Bernard Marcus was responsible for a part of Bavaria when the zones of occupation by the Allies were...

Paul Dietzel flew from the Hawaiian Islands over Kwajalein to Tinian. During the flight they had not had anything to...

Marion Meredith Beal believes that he and his peers [Annotator's Note: Montford Point Marines] were the beginnings of...

When Herbert W. Ridyard sailed the Atlantic [Annotator's Note: Atlantic Ocean] back to the United States, he never was...

James "Jim" Geisler was born and raised in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was 18 years old...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the military and was able to select the Navy as his service branch. He grew up during the...

Ora Pierce Hicks married John Hicks at a German prisoner of war camp in Arizona. She has a twin brother named Otis. She...

In 1936, Ralph F. Lafferty's oldest brother decided to join the military and worked with the CCC [Annotator's Note:...

Byron Herbert Meader was born in May 1919 in Ellsworth, Maine. His father worked as a laborer. During the Great...

James Connelly got burned. They ran short of gasoline for flamethrowers. A small boat came back to get more. The LCM [...

Arthur Smith operated there [Annotator's Note: Mindoro, Philippines] until they secured the Philippines. They worked...

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