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John Ream was born in November 1934 in the Philippine islands. His father was raised on a ranch in Idaho. He went to...

James Wilson got off Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, February 1944]...

Sumner Whitten arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, west of Honolulu. The mess from the attack on Pearl Harbor was...

Paris Tognoli got out of high school and decided not to go to college. He got a job in a slaughterhouse, but he did not...

Samuel Ukrop's outfit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] was not...

Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes [Annotator's Note: after being drafted into the Army in late 1943] was first stationed...

Arthur Pendleton was happy to get off of Cape Gloucester. They were there during the monsoon season. It was a terribly...

Charles Brooks witnessed opportunities through his World War 2 experiences that he never would have otherwise seen....

When Wallace McKay departed for New Guinea, he returned to Hollandia [Annotator's Note: Hollandia, New Guinea; now...

After leaving the Pacific, Lloyd Dendy was sent to the Key West Naval Operating Base [Annotator's Note: Naval Base Key...

When he was fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, Olaf Rose hated the enemy, but as the years have gone by, he admits...

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