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There was sharp drop off and that is how they were able to put the destroyer right up on the beach. Myers could only...

After Bougainville, James Salerno and the Raiders went to New Zealand for some R...

Armando Galella was born in January 1921 in New York, New York. When he was around four years old, he moved with his...

When the ship he returned home aboard was approaching San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], James...

Burton "Burt" Johnson had five brothers in the war as well as him. Three were in the Air Corps, two in the Navy, and he...

Forrest Villarrubia was home from the Pacific by December 1945, but he had to continue in the service because he did...

Further into the fighting on Iwo Jima, and while going through a sniper-infested thicket, the call came for an "advance...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer says she wants to ask Marthe Cohn some specific questions about the American Spirit...

While Martin Suter was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], there were still a lot of Japanese troops on...

Richard Witaker heard about the war ending in Europe and was grateful. More supplies would be coming to the Pacific. In...

Harold Ward remembers that it was quiet after they secured from general quarters. Around three in the afternoon they...

Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...

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