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John "Jack" Raquepau guesses that outside of the Revolution [Annotator's Note: American Revolutionary War, or, American...

James Wilson did not see the bullets coming when he got shot [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of the Tenaru River,...

Erik Johnsen was a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine and his first ship assignment was the SS Dolly Madison which they...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roy Boreen was stationed at the Section Base until 1943. After that, he was sent to...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Griffith was a member of Company A, 6th Ranger Battalion and took part in the Raid at...

Donald Draxler was born in Glenwood City, Wisconsin in July 1923. His home town was near the "Twin Cities" [Annotator’s...

There were usually 24 planes in James Bazet's squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223)], and...

Edgar Marion Cole was born in Dallas, Texas in 1925. His parents were poor and he had to help the family financially...

David Fisher reported for active duty on 23 December 1943 at Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: in Pineville, Louisiana...

Leo William Schmittgens waited sometime before his ship had arrived for them to leave Okinawa. He helped load the ship...

Lewis S. Evans was born in April 1925. He went to boarding school during the Great Depression and played football and...

Chester Hollingsworth's sub-chaser [Annotators' Note: USS SC-990] initially deployed to perform picket duty [Annotator'...

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