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Soon after returning home, Philip Mayer went to work and did not use the G.I. Bill for school. He became a truck driver...

Jack Leaming was launched off the deck of the Enterprise on the morning of 7 December [Annotator's Note: 7 December...

At Norfolk [Annotator’s Note: Norfolk, Virginia], James W. Metcalf was assigned to Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the...

Robert Freligh probably decided to join the navy because his brother was in the army and there was most likely some...

The next morning Alexander Vraciu and the other guerillas headed north up the national highway. They took a bugler and...

Jack Leaming and the crew of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) left Pearl Harbor and attacked the Marshall Islands in February...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). The...

Robert Freligh’s crewman Sam Plonski was from the Boston area, and Peter Sanchez from the Chicago area. He always flew...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

James McEnery was born in Brooklyn, New York in September 1919. He grew up in Brooklyn in a rugged area. There was a...

Edward Riedl thought the people [Annotator's Note: he is referring to the people on Leyte, Philippines] seemed...

After the war ended, Charles A. Waller returned to the United States and was given a 30-day leave [Annotator's Note: an...

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