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Harper Gruber was born in November 1924 in his grandmother's home town of Branchville, South Carolina, where the doctor...

Thomas Goss’ most memorable experiences of World War 2 were meeting his wife and the atomic bombs dropping on Japan [...

After John Votrobeck graduated, he took a train through Omaha, [Annotator's Note: Omaha, Nebraska] and on 20 April [...

Milton L. McMullen, Sr. heard about the attack at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

William Smith was in Australia for about two weeks. They pulled some shenanigans. He and his crew were sent to Brisbane...

Crump came back after the war to visit some of his buddies. He got there the very day they were floating the ship. They...

John Singlaub enlisted in the US Army Artillery because he wanted the experience to supplement his infantry skills....

Harry Bender enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1944 and went through boot camp, which had him wondering why he decided to...

Buck Donaldson went to Portland to get ready to go to Manila, the Philippines. Before they got there, the Japanese...

[Annotator's Note: John Stiles was stationed on Okinawa, Japan with Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312) when the...

The next morning Alex Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway. They took a bugler and...

Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...

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