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Astley Blackwell feels that it is very important for students to learn about World War 2. There is a museum at the base...

William J. Twigger joined the remnant of the division [Annotator's Note: he had originally been a member of Company F,...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

James Gulotta was sent to New Caledonia. New Caledonia was a French possession which was used a staging area for new...

[Annotator’s Note: Speaking is audible in the background through this segment.] In February 1945, Leander Bubrig [...

Henry Ratcliff was most affected by the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also called shimbu-...

One time that scared William Beaman happened when the USS Flasher (SS-249) was firing electric torpedoes. They were...

James Roland Westbrook was born in November 1923 in Birmingham, Alabama, where his father was studying accounting. They...

When Charles Weskey Borders got to New Guinea it had not been secured. The worst time was when he was based at Noemfoor...

Alfred Rodrigues identified Japanese aircraft by the large circles on their wings. It was Sunday and he had just sat...

Alexander Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer], out over the...

Hunger and thirst tormented Cleatus Lebow and his fellow shipmates from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) who were stranded...

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