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When Ralph Weymouth left Guadalcanal he returned to the United States. He was flown to Noumea where he boarded the SS...

Francis Borrell found out Doolittle [Annotator's Note: USAAF then USAF General James Dolittle] wanted an airfield on...

Roy Stewart went to Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui, Hawaii after the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945 at...

Jake Ussery was aboard the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] following the American recapture of the...

In 1940, David Heath graduated high school and went to work on a farm. Later that year, he joined the Marines [...

Richard H. Kerr's most memorable experience is when a kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also...

John Nicholas went into the service in September 1943. His half brother George was already in the Navy. Nicholas went...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). When...

Ellis Whaley's training had been in engineering. He was given a transit and laid out roads and a cemetery. He had some...

There were four parallel 9,000 foot runways [Annotator's Note: on Tinian]. Paul Dietzel's group was at the far end. One...

James Carrington has previously been interviewed by Tom Brokaw and for Oliver North’s War Stories. Carrington was born...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Bailey served in the Navy as an aircraft mechanic aboard the USS Franklin (CV-13). He...

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