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Louis John Walter was born in August 1923 in Sheldon, Iowa. He experienced no problems during the Great Depression. His...

Louis Conter and the VP-11 [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 11] Catalinas [Annotator's Note: Consolidated PBY...

Before joining the Marine Corps, Hilar Moore had never been more than 100 miles from his home [Annotator's Note: in New...

fter occupation in Japan, Elroy Gambino and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,...

After receiving his draft notice, Edgar Cole went down on the appointed day and time. He was standing in a big room...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. Thinking about the war, he says that during it he...

Robert S. Gibbs was separated [Annotator's Note: discharged] in November 1945. He entered college in January 1946 at...

Paul Takeo Bannai was born in July 1920 in Delta, Colorado, to Japanese parents. His grandfather got into the coal...

Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands] was taken on 1 November [Annotator's Note: 1...

Maurice Joseph Dugas, Sr. was born in September 1928 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father worked at the Roosevelt...

John Elliott made one more mission after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

Martin Banyas and his gunners did a good job as the last line of defense for the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Santa Fe (...

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