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Robert Lents was born in October 1921 on a farm in South Creston, Iowa where he grew up and worked on a big farm his...

Keith Kiefer saw that his orders said "Enewetak Atoll Radiological Cleanup". He was concerned but told he would get no...

Benjamin Albert Glusing’s unit [Annotator's Note: 208th Military Police Company] was given secret orders. The orders...

Forrest Villarrubia recollects climbing up a tree and being shot at as his most memorable occurrence of World War 2. [...

Louis John Walter was born in August 1923 in Sheldon, Iowa. He experienced no problems during the Great Depression. His...

In the spring of 1946, Hugh Ettinger was stationed at Rongerik Atoll [Annotator’s Note: Rongerik Atoll, Marshall...

Norman Hatch remained on Iwo Jima for the first 18 days of the battle. He was flown off on D plus 18. Hatch flew off...

James Bollich's younger brother never made it overseas. One brother died in a fighter pilot accident and the other died...

Ricardo R. Rondinelli returned to his hometown in Puerto Rico after his overseas deployment in the Pacific. A week...

The bunkers were made of coconut logs placed over a deep hole with mud placed on the top of the logs [Annotators Note...

Before joining the Marine Corps, Hilar Moore had never been more than 100 miles from his home [Annotator's Note: in New...

In 1953 Thomas Crosby enlisted in the Navy. He was competing as a diver for the University of Hawaii and attending...

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