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Jack Thornhill was discharged on 15 December 1945 in New Orleans. After being discharged, he went back to Alexandria [...

At 19 years of age, Murphy Burke witnessed the fight at Iwo Jima. He described the day as breaking grungy, with low...

They got rid of the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] on Truk [Annotator's Note: Truk...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] Normally, the...

Olaf Rose recalled having served under three different skippers on the PT-171 [Annotator's Note: PT-171, Motor Torpedo...

Stewart "Stu" Bass was born and raised in Western Montana, about 20 miles outside of Missoula. He was the middle child...

After Reaching Japan, Gerald Wayne Lux and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)] escorted captured...

Martin Carmody was raised in California and was a senior at San Jose State University. His family had lived there for...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was stationed near the tower for dive submarines [Annotator's Note: in Pearl Harbor,...

Edward Chinnis was born in August 1924 in Ravenel, South Carolina. After graduating high school Chinnis had a...

By the end of the war, William Sturman was a Third Class Petty Officer. He used the G.I. Bill to attend New Mexico...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

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