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Harvey Mittleman's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the heavy combat during the first few days on Okinawa [...

Jack Leaming and his SBD pilot had just completed their bombing run on Marcus Island when the antiaircraft fire became...

William Pierce felt it was his patriotic duty to fight during the Second World War. The Japanese had attacked the...

Horace Trahan was born in January 1927 in Maurice, Louisiana. He had one brother and two sisters. His father owned a...

John Nicholas fought in World War 2 because the guys before him had signed up so he had to do so also. He had to fight...

David Harvey was born in September 1926. [Annotator's Note: Harvey says he was born "around here" but the town name is...

Otis Kight participated in the Battle of Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Coral Sea, 4 to 8 May 1942]. Few...

Lionel Lopez was shot in the back and it came out of his chest. He was taken to a field hospital. The doctor stitched...

Teddy [Annotator's Note: Lieutenant Theodore "Teddy" Keller, Gravois' future brother-in-law] and Gravois trained in New...

The Japanese had snipers and other soldiers in the Philippines before the invasion [Annotator's Note: Fall of the...

Dale Smith was aboard the USS Proteus (AS-19) 99 percent of the time. They had movies and a huge mess hall. If no...

James Oney was discharged 30 November 1946 [Annotator's Note: as a Ship's Cook 1st Class]. He thought about a career....

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