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Holly Rees was born in January 1926 in Prescott, Arizona. Although he grew up during the Great Depression, his father...

Sidney Philips remembers someone being perfect. He was handsome, young, and the girls loved him. Phillips tells...

Quintana had to board an Australian ship that left from American Samoa. On Tulagi, the landing was rougher than...

William C. Ellzey’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15...

Donald Hoff's plane was not bothered [Annotator's Note: by Japanese fighters during the second strike of the Battle of...

Leon J. Neiman was at a pool room when he heard the bomb had been dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] saw kamikazes [Annotator's...

Robert Perry was born in Ebenezer, Louisiana, near Crowley [Annotator's Note: Crowley, Louisiana], in November 1926. He...

Leo William Schmittgens thought he was treated well by the veteran Marines. He learned a lot from them and cherished...

James Bowie used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was enacted...

Gerald West didn't think often of the Raiders after the war. In recent years the numerous reunions and meetings West...

Harry Walker Wellford was assigned to the Harrison [Annotator's Note: USS Harrison (DD-573)] as a radar officer. He met...

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