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After he returned to the United States, Robert Lents took a test to go to officers' school, but after he passed, he...

Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...

Samuel Malta remembers funny occasions during the war but he also remembers being frightened by the combat. When faced...

Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

Paul J. Murphy got into the water which was covered with oil and black tar [Annotator’s Note: he had just abandoned the...

In June 1947 Walter Bank went from Japan to the United States and joined the Navy reserves in New York for the benefits...

Walter Bowsher made his first arrest while he was in the Army. He was serving as a temporary military policeman when he...

Harold Ward was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in April 1921. Ward had the life of a bastard growing up as he was...

Coming home from Japan was a joyous time for Don Daniels. His brother was already out of the service. They tried to get...

After an hour [Annotator's Note: of being stranded during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...

James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] and the American officers at Cabanatuan [Annotator's Note:...

David Yoho was on a fleet oiler in World War 2. The ship took on fuel sometimes from a fuel barge in order to refuel...

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