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

Loren Bennett went to boot camp at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake County, Illinois]....

After Norman Elliott was discharged from the Navy, he did not go back to school. He joined the 52-20 club [Annotator's...

Joseph LaNier joined the United States Navy in February 1944. African-Americans prior to 1942 were not allowed to join...

Jack Leaming was shipped to the Ofuna prison camp after Yokohama. Baths were in individual tubs with water heaters. The...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was born in April 1923 in Visalia, California. During the Great Depression, his father worked for...

Sam S. McKeel dropped out of high school at age 16 to enlist in the Navy during World War 2. He knew he was going to...

After graduating high school, Harlan Twible got a job then started college with the money he earned. During his...

James Buckley went back to his normal work [Annotator's Note: after running and not getting a political seat in New...

Mark Maynard witnessed a big celebration at the end of the war. Some men even drank torpedo fuel which contained...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard the USS LST-781] was a witness to the...

Delewski took part in the Normandy operation. That was the first time the Laffey saw action. He was put in charge of...

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