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Claude Shannahan was named for three of his dad's brothers who had died of pneumonia in Canada. Shannahan was born in...

After American troops assaulted the Philippines, John Gehrett [Annotator's Note: as a Supply Officer of a Navy D2...

Louis Zamperini thought that the mission [Annotator's Note: to bomb Wake Island] was a piece of cake because they were...

James Billingsley was treated well as a replacement. In combat troops, it is a different thing altogether. He never...

George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...

Eventually, Bougainville was taken [Annotator's Note: Bougainville campaign, part of the Solomon Islands Campaign at...

Robert Powers enjoyed World War 2 more than the Korean War. He had a reason to go in the first war and he enjoyed the...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Pedro Parra where he was when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl...

Kenneth E. Stevens heard the war was over when they [Annotator's Note: Company E, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment,...

Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) were with Admiral Spruance [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral Raymond...

Lester Caplan's decision to serve in World War 2 came out of his belief that it was a legitimate war, and America was...

Gerry Jones was born in September 1926 in Logansport, Indiana. His family was badly affected by the Great Depression....

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