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Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm graduated from high school and turned 18, but had no thoughts about going to college or...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. left a situation where he was tasked with destroying everything and went home to a place...

John W. Snyder was born in March 1926 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Growing up, Snyder's family was poor. However, because...

Earl Williams went to Camp Lee, Virginia [Annotator's Note: now Fort Lee in Prince George County, Virginia]. When he...

Jack Holder was ready to be discharged from the Navy because he had gotten married. He went to school and received a...

When Delewski resumed firing he had to sit in a different position to fire his gun. The fire had warped the area where...

Alfred Rodrigues identified Japanese aircraft by the large circles on their wings. It was Sunday and he had just sat...

Paul Fair remembers it was sandy on the beach of New Guinea, then it turned into a jungle. The weapons he used did not...

Kenneth Killilea was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He grew up there for the most part. He also lived in Wellesley,...

Murphy Burke had a lot of respect for the Japanese; he thought they were good soldiers, and did their job with the few...

Theodore Marolda enlisted for four years in the Marine Corps. He went to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps...

Jack Leaming had a buddy nicknamed Ace who was a prisoner of war, POW, from the carrier Yorktown. [Annotator's Note: At...

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