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Gravois didn't get any sleep during the 2 nights he was on Tarawa. The Japanese tried to infiltrate their lines, but...

[Annotator's Note: James Muri served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers in the 22nd...

Cecil Ezell McLain was born in November 1921 in Auburn, Alabama. He grew up through the Great Depression in Robertsdale...

Byron Herbert Meader's most memorable experience of World War 2 was meeting up with the Russians and observing how they...

Frank Stewart was in the hospital on Espiritu Santos. After about ten days, he decided to go down the hall to the...

Robert J. Ferris joined Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) as a replacement pilot [Annotator's Note: when...

The worst duty for Vernon Micheel was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as a Douglas SBD...

Before VJ Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Joseph Daquana was reassigned to the USS...

After the war ended, Virginia Wilterdink had enough of the island climate, and elected to work on the hospital ship USS...

Clayton Hall and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] had...

William Lee Barnes enlisted in the Navy and was given basic training at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station...

Bruner's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Coghlan (DD-606)] returned briefly to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before setting out for...

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