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Adolph Wilson fought through some of the worse jungles on Bougainville. It had everything imaginable. It rained every...

David Heath served on Guadalcanal for six months and ten days. He had a colonel that was sent back to Camp Lejeune [...

Salvador Perino was born in March 1924. He grew up in the Irish Channel, New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans,...

Frank V. Tarkington was fortunate to have a mild and unexcitable experience in the war. He got a break by having...

[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with the video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr...

Garland Virgil Longhoffer turned 18 years old and became eligible for the draft in March 1944. He could have stayed out...

Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division of...

As they [Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody and John Liska] approached, the entire village came to greet them. Carmody...

Erik Johnsen was a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine and his first ship assignment was the SS Dolly Madison which they...

Robert Addison saw his first action on Tulagi which is a small island off the larger island of Guadalcanal [Annotator’s...

Crain watched about the first 10 minutes of the movie "Saving Private Ryan." He is normally able to keep his emotions...

Earnest told the man at the base that he was ordered to Torpedo Squadron 8. He was to report to them in 3 days. Three...

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