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Remi Kidder was born in 1926 in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Raised on a farm, Kidder's father was always busy with the...

After Norman Elliott was discharged from the Navy, he did not go back to school. He joined the 52-20 club [Annotator's...

John Cassidy recalled a regular day in his division included an early rise, a shower, breakfast and "quarters" which...

lroy Gambino and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] built...

Archie Kelley stayed in the Navy until 1978. There were four officers on Rickover's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral...

When they left Guam, Walter Jacobs suffered acute tonsillitis and had to go to the hospital. He was still there when...

Hilar Moore was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands], which was the forward base for the...

Mahlen Arledge entered Japan on a landing craft after the end of the Pacific war. Though told that the troops did not...

John Elliott and his crew knew nothing about the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima...

Willis Mills went into Manila [Annotator’s Note: Manila, the Philippines] for a few days and observed the destruction...

Benjamin Hagans was sent to the west side of Mindanao [Annotator’s Note: Mindanao, the Philippines]. His job was to...

News that the war had ended seemed to daze Randall Edwards and his fellow prisoners of war initially. Once they got...

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