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William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945], John Smith left Leyte, and was among the last to be issued new...

James Warren David remembered that the ship was full of people. The beds stacked nine bunks high. He recalled that he...

Phineas Stevens was born in Jackson, Mississippi in December 1917. He grew up during the Great Depression. He attended...

Robert Marich traveled on a Liberty Ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship], with the entire...

The war changed George Peto. After the war he was reluctant to make close friends. The separation of servicemen during...

Gerald Kynett picked up his ship in Evansville, Indiana, then sailed down the Mississippi [Annotator's Note:...

The reason Frederick Stent served during World War 2 was because he wanted to be in the military. His father had served...

Jimmie Dyer returned to the United States in July 1946. He wanted to surprise his family. His uncle was the undertaker...

After being discharged in August 1946, Harry McKnight went home and enrolled in the University of Ohio [Annotator's...

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

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