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Austin H. Kiplinger and his unit [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 66 (VC-66) flying from USS Nassau (CVE-16)] went...

When Ray Gene Gresham got out of the service, he didn't think the G.I. Bill could help him enough to afford college...

Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...

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

Robert Templet was on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese bombed Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands [Annotator's...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. witnessed the end of the fighting on Wake Island. It was chaotic. He [Annotator’s Note: then US...

William “Bill” Knapp volunteered for the US Navy when he was 17 years old. His parents consented to his enlistment....

Ervin Markwald [Annotator’s Note: drafted into the Army at age 18] did 17 weeks of basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas...

William Barnes manned a 20 millimeter antiaircraft gun aboard USS PC-590. When an enemy plane came at the ship it...

Wiley was put into a shack and slept the night there. That night he met the Chief of the tribe and was taken to a...

The war made Harry McKnight appreciate being a Marine and the freedom he has in this country [Annotator's Note: The...

Samuel Ukrop was at Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] with John Cleveland [Annotator's Note...

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