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Walter Groth remembers the Jap [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] fleet came back in on...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard USS LST-781] moved around the South...

Edward Bale heard of a Japanese soldier throwing a magnetic mine on a tank inland of Red 3 beach. He did not learn the...

Retracing his steps, Steve McMurray mentioned that on the way back from Iwo Jima he did a lot of pencil portraits of...

After joining the Marine reserves following World War 2, John Edward Campbell found work for a pharmaceutical company...

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was born in August 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father owned a sheet metal business and...

Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox went through boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], and was...

Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits thinks World War 2 did not change him. He continued to enjoy playing football with 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...

James Gaffney reveals how the PT Boat reacted to rough seas. Included is an explanation of how the bilge pumping system...

When Dupuy got his wings, his sisters came down for the ceremony. After the ceremony he received a thirty day leave...

Ben Steele worked two miles underground in a Japanese coal mine. It was very tight because of the way the ground...

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