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Smith, John Reflections
John Smith was already in the service when the war started and he wanted to get into the fight, but he admits that when...
Shatz, Ewalt Service in Naples
Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was in New Caledonia when he received transfer orders from USS Patterson (DD-392) to an oil burning...
Rodrigue, Lowell Reflections
Lowell Rodrigue had many dreams about World War 2 and cannot watch movies related to the war. He has been clinically...
Fisher, David Becoming an Airman and Overseas Deployment
David Fisher reported for active duty on 23 December 1943 at Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville, Louisiana...
Solomon, Robert Life on Guadalcanal
Robert M. Solomon remembers that it was very hot during monsoon season. [Annotator’s Note: He was stationed on...
Rose, Olaf "Olly" Moving Up Through the Ranks
Olaf Rose recalled having served under three different skippers on the PT-171 [Annotator's Note: PT-171, Motor Torpedo...
Wells, Kenneth Wounded on Okinawa
On 11 June 1945, Kenneth Dwight Wells and his company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment...
McKay, Wallace Returning to the United States
Wallace McKay caught a merchant ship back to the United States. It took six weeks to make it back and he was only given...
Shaner, Robert Occupation and Jungle Juice
Robert D. Shaner got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-475] and explored [Annotator's Note: after they landed...
Goodrich, James Invasion of Iwo Jima, Being Hit, and Untrained Replacements
James Goodrich landed [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima] on Red Beach 1 with the 2nd Battalion [Annotator's Note: 2nd...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 5
The 24th [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1941] was the same; no water and no food. They could barely talk. On the...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 9
Yellin recalls that the Japanese were in the caves. One person described that the Japanese were not on Iwo Jima, but...

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