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Raymond Hayes got word of the war ending before he left San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] for Pearl [...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

Harold Ward was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in April 1921. Ward had the life of a bastard growing up as he was...

[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was a prisoner of war at Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria; present day China.] Ernest...

Stewart W. Robinson was born in March 1925 in Liverpool, Pennsylvania. One of 16 children, he grew up on a farm. Times...

[Annotator's Note: A portion of the video is cut out.] Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion...

In some ways, Ira Schilling felt he grew up very quickly due to his experience serving in the US Marine Corps during...

Sterling Cale was born in Macomb, Illinois in 1921. Shortly after birth, he went into an orphanage for four years....

[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson served aboard the USS Jamestown...

Normand F. Gallichant was preparing to hit the beaches of Japan just before the war ended. Defenses in Japan would have...

William Burkett left the States in August 1945. He was in an eight-ship convoy. They left from San Francisco [Annotator...

Stanley Fagerstrom still writes for half a day, every day. He had both of his knees replaced, and one of his hips...

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