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Emmett Guderian was told he would not be able to go home before shipping out overseas. [Annotator's Note: Guderian...

James Billingsley was in the mountains fighting and going down a gulley [Annotator's Note: in the Philippines]. Machine...

Francis Bucher says the closest he came to death was when he flew with a drunk commander. He was in the hangar ready...

Ray Eshelman was never interested in a military career. He had a couple of choices at discharge. He could join the...

Myron J. Carraway was born in Idaho [Annotator’s Note: in Jackson, Idaho in March 1922] and grew up there. He graduated...

While Richard Bennett was in New Orleans, he met a local in a tavern who offered him and a buddy dinner and lodging for...

From North Island, Carl Rieman was sent to Long Beach, California for more training until his orders came in. Then he...

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

Earnest tried to get a lead on the cruiser so he could drop his torpedo [Annotators Note: after being hit during the...

Homer Myers flew his own airplane from California across the Pacific. The first flight was 12 to 13 hours. They left...

Dale LeBlanc was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and grew up like most every other American boy during the depression....

When he was in high school, Paul Amrod played baseball as a catcher. In the service, he learned he was not major league...

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