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Robert Hammond's medical training was in suturing, and one of his major challenges on Guam occurred when there were no...

Edward Bruce Jennings never saw so many planes bombing a place. The naval bombardment was terrible as well. They could...

The Japanese had snipers and other soldiers in the Philippines before the invasion [Annotator's Note: Fall of the...

James Oney was discharged 30 November 1946 [Annotator's Note: as a Ship's Cook 1st Class]. He thought about a career....

Harvey Mittleman's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the heavy combat during the first few days on Okinawa [...

Robert Erskine Hendrick did not find it too difficult to readjust to civilian life. He worked in the circulation...

James Muri landed on Midway around 29 May [Annotator's Note: 29 May 1942]. At that moment he did not know what the geo...

Wim de Jonge was born in February 1920 in Rotterdam, Holland. His parents were both teachers. The family moved to the...

Richard Greer experienced some bayonet fighting during the Battle for Henderson Field but more so at Point Cruz. They...

After rejoining his unit [Annotator's Note: 869th Bombardment Squadron, 497th Bombardment Group, 21st Bomber Command,...

When alerts came in for kamikaze attacks, Carroll George had to be in the engineering room [Annotator's Note: aboard...

Irwin Schneider was changed by the war completely. He had led a sheltered life prior to his service. He learned to be a...

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