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That night, Carroll Harris experienced a Japanese surprise attack. Guards were put in place where Sergeant Allan was...

Louis John Walter was born in August 1923 in Sheldon, Iowa. He experienced no problems during the Great Depression. His...

Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits was born in Neenah, Wisconsin in December 1923. He grew up with three brothers. Babbits'...

Dennis Allen Andrews was born Mount Solon, Virginia. His father worked at Goodrich Rubber Company to support his family...

Robert Frederick Reed was stationed at Kagman Point while on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands...

Crump came back after the war to visit some of his buddies. He got there the very day they were floating the ship. They...

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

Leisey was told before he deployed that he was going to go to Officer Candidate School, yet that never developed. He...

Jimmie Dyer and the 6th Marine Division was sent to replace the Army's 27th Infantry Division in the south of Okinawa....

[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels entered the service in February 1944.] When he reported on the last day of the month, he...

Richard McEwen was born in Silver Creek, New York, and lived there with his parents and two siblings until he was eight...

The war itself is Alvin von Frisch's worse memory of that time. He hated to see people die. He lost good friends who...

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