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O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1940] in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New...

Harold Long was born in January 1926 in Lawrence, Kansas. He grew up in southern Illinois during the Great Depression...

While preparing to graduate from high school, Charles “Chuck” Franzke was encouraged by his father to take a test to...

After his furlough, James Goodrich was told to report to Camp Pendleton. At the time Goodrich did not know what or...

When James Wilson left Australia, they [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

Recalling his most memorable experiences, Ray Gene Gresham said one thing that left a lasting impression was an...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] saw kamikazes [Annotator's...

Richard Witaker volunteered for the United States Marine Corps because he was impressed by his friends who had done so...

William C. Ellzey’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15...

Leon J. Neiman was at a pool room when he heard the bomb had been dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: an aviation cadet in the United States Navy] went from Pensacola [Annotator's...

Thomas Paris remembers when they were checking out of the runway and the pilot landed and they were not on the runway....

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