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Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...

Cass Phillips flew toward New Guinea from Hawaii making several stops at small islands along the southwesterly route....

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone joined the US Marine Corps in July 1940. After completing boot camp he joined the 1st...

Thomas Paris was born in Nashville, Tennessee in May 1926. He had one sister. His father was a salesman for Remington....

On Pavuvu Island [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu Island, Solomon Islands], a personnel officer told Wilfred Hanson [Annotator...

Allen Horton was commissioned out of midshipmen's school in Chicago, Illinois, and proceeded to Scouts and Raiders...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

Howard Warren Stokes was born in 1926 in Lodi, California and was an only child. His father supported his family during...

One of Karr's uncles was an original member of the American Legion when it was founded in Paris in World War I. Another...

In Combat Intelligence school they learned to analyze and creep up on Japanese emplacements, the types of troops, type...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert "Al" Machaud is not sure of the unit he...

Soon after the war ended, Robert “Bob” Bowron was sent overseas to the Pacific. He boarded a ship with 4,000 troops....

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