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George Peto was born in Akron, Ohio in 1922. He grew up in the Portage Lakes area near Akron on an old farm during the...

James Shelton Scales did not think about his family much, except that he missed his wife and daughter. His wife wrote...

The USS New Orleans [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS New Orleans, CA32] was a sister ship to the San...

While he was stationed at Camp Maui, situated on an extinct volcano, Steve McMurray said some of the units trained on...

Alfred Taddeo witnessed constant attacks by kamikaze aircraft. He and Kanze [Annotator's Note: US Navy Lieutenant (j.g...

Earl Angel returned to the United States in November 1945. His infant daughter had trouble sleeping at night until the...

The military aide told Hershel Williams to take the envelope and do not open it as it was a court martial offense if it...

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

Remi Kidder returned to Arnaudville [Annotator's Note: Arnaudville, Louisiana]. His family knew he was returning. His...

Victor K. Carman joined the Navy because he did not want to be a foot soldier in the Army or Marines. He had flown a...

Don Daniels was born in Columbia, South Carolina in December 1925. He lived there until he was 14. He then moved to...

Following the Japanese surrender, Jack Skaggs and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] made an American...

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