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Charles Wesley Borders served for about two months in the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1943. He and five others were sent...

Following the war and his discharge, John St. Germain worked on farms in North Dakota and Montana. He moved to seek...

Clayton Fisher thinks that the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] was the great equalizer. The...

Introduced to Okinawa through a rubberized topographical map, Richard Jaccarino could see where they would be landing,...

Sam L. Miller had no memorable experience in the Navy. It was a good and calm experience. Nothing adverse happened...

[Annotators Note: Arthur Killam served in the US Navy as an Electricians Mate aboard submarines. After the war he was...

Wanda Damberg was born of a Dutch father who served as a diplomat in the Philippines starting in 1916. He met Damberg’s...

Burton Johnson arrived in Finschafen, New Guinea in the South Pacific after completing his stateside training. This was...

Floyd James Reissig was hit by shrapnel from one of his own guns. While they were firing, the shrapnel hit him, causing...

William J. Twigger's training [Annotator's Note: on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944] was mainly...

William O’Brien was on duty in the Philippines. They kept their equipment ready. The ammunition was ready to go on the...

Henry Joffray was a member of the Merchant Marine during World War 2. There were 4,000 ships and 260,000 sailors in...

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