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William Smith went to the Pacific theater as a Second Lieutenant. He flew from Townsville [Annotator's Note: Townsville...

While on watch duty [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Aldebaran (AF-10)], Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade studied the stars....

James Oney was born in December 1924 in Harrison County, Texas near Harleton [Annotator's Note: Harleton, Texas]. He...

When Edmund Aziz was assigned to a ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Reeves (DE-156)] and he installed a public address...

After that [Annotator's Note: the 11th Airborne Division's combat operations on leyte], they headed for Luzon on a...

Andrew Leblanc never had trouble. He kept his nose clean. He always did what he had to do, and he was a good soldier....

They [Annotator's Note: Louis Zamperini, his pilot and their tail gunner] spent 47 days fighting off sharks, the...

Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...

Matthew Cornelia was born in July 1918 and raised in Rochester, New York. His parents were both born in Ireland. At a...

Mervin Jensen went to advanced training at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San...

Jake Ussery and the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] were ordered back to San Diego. That was his base...

Joseph Townsend developed his own newspaper route. [Annotator’s Note: Townsend talks about selling newspapers.]...

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