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David Lansou was drafted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in 1943]. His parents were proud that their sons were...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. did his first missions into China and Formosa [Annotator's Note: modern day Taiwan]. They had...

Jack Leaming was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1919. When he was three months old, his mother moved to Wildwood...

Garland Miller Gallaspy [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 161st Parachute Engineer Battalion, 503rd Parachute...

When they landed on New Caledonia they were told they were going to march off their sea legs with a thirty mile hike....

Jack Pierce had a good job offer on the West Coast. He tried to get discharged there, but they would not do it. He...

Milton Fernandez was sailed to the Galapagos Islands, near Ecuador. The company was stationed in boxes around the...

[Annotator's Note: Paul Dietzel served in the USAAF as a copilot on Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in the...

Gene Alair did not find Navy life difficult. He really enjoyed it. After recieving his commission, he was assigned to...

After the fifth day on the march in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Bataan Death March, the forcible transfer by the...

James D. Comeaux describes the actions of the USS Auburn (AGC-10) in her role as a command ship during the invasion of...

At Camp Crowder [Annotator's Note: in Neosho, Missouri], Lester Caplan was originally trained as a radio repairman, but...

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