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Loren Bennett was born in October 1927 in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. He did not have any siblings....

Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

James Stewart Rosenbaum's most memorable experience was when his friend went on a mission and was killed by a sniper....

On his second day on Iwo Jima, Japan, William Wayne and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th...

William Stewart was set to get discharged. He was considered surplus and could get out six months early. They fought...

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

Milton Fernandez was born in September 1924 in Puerto Rico. He had eight siblings in his family. His father had a meat...

After the battle of Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo Jima, Japan],...

Alexander Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group...

Edward F. Kent was born in November 1917 and grew up with one older sister. During the Great Depression [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Baile served in the USAAF as a flight engineer on B-29 bombers in the 9th Bombardment Group...

John Nicholas's ship, the USS Gayety (AM-239), participated in submarine chasing in the Pacific. He set the depth...

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