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Goss, Samuel "S. Richard Goss" Becoming a Boat Officer
Samuel Goss had no idea that he would become a boat officer. Before he graduated as an ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest...
Whitaker, Harold Joining the Air Force
After high school, Harold Whitaker was bumming around and getting trouble until his mother and a family friend...
Leese, Robert Conquest of New Guinea
By the time the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Robert Leese had completed his...
Ruess, Richard Close Calls in South America
[Annotator's Note: Richard R. Ruess served as a navigator in the 1st Mapping Group.] He received orders [Annotator's...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 4
Vernon wore a ring. Hershel Williams also wore a ring that was to remind him of his engagement to his fiancee Ruby....
Riedl, Edward Okinawa
Edward Riedl remembers that Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] was different than Leyte [Annotator's Note:...
Guzman, Nicanor Prewar to Army Captain
Nicanor Guzman was born in the Philippines in March 1918. He got his two year basic course in the Army. He also studied...
Wieland, Kenneth Duty in Japan and Home
Kenneth Weiland was assigned to the 866th Aviation Engineer Battalion attached to the 8th Army. He was in A Company....
Bath, Garland Flag Raising on Suribachi
Garland Bath was on an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] near the battleship Tennessee [Annotator's Note: the...
Beamish, William Growing up in Boston
William S. “Bill” Beamish was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1923 and grew up in nearby Wellesley Hills. His father,...
Piazzo, Lincoln Assigned to the
When Lincoln Piazzo deployed for overseas service, he was flown from San Francisco, California to New Guinea without...
St. Julian, James Postwar Life
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Philippines with the 766th Engineer Dump Truck...

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