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To avoid being drafted into the Army, James D. Comeaux volunteered for Naval service in June 1944, boarded a train, and...

Norman Bussel worked building B-25 bombers [Annotator’s Note: North American B-25 Mitchell] at the Fisher Body plant [...

Seymour Mermelstein was in Kassel, Germany on 12 April 1945 when President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano...

[Annotator’s Note: There is a buzzing sound throughout this clip.] Newell Bertram Woodworth arrived in England around...

At sea on the Gripsholm, Adolf Wesselhoeft had his first impression that the world was at war. When he arrived in...

Spencer Yancey was older and he had a wife. He enjoyed the service magazines. He supported them over the years. He...

Jimmie Dyer went from Guadalcanal to Okinawa. All of their equipment was on the deck of the ship and it rained the...

William Ebersole was on Iwo Jima when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan [Annotator's Note: the first atomic...

John Treen met a friend at College Inn [Annotator's Note: Ye Olde College Inn Restaurant, New Orleans, Louisiana] one...

Lloyd Dendy and his brother went to Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego, California by train. When they arrived in San...

On the morning of D plus 4 [Annotator's Note: 10 June 1944], the 90th Infantry Division moved into the area where...

William Hall reached North Island and was assigned to one of two Marine Corps fighter units being organized. Fighter...

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