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Monroe Scherer had lost a year of studies due to illness as a child. When he turned 18, he was still in high school. He...

The guys at Midway knew that the Navy was out there but not where they were. Sumner Whitten was at Midway when an SBD [...

Harold DeForest was on Leyte on his way back to the 37th Infantry Division when the atomic bomb was dropped and the war...

Selwyn Gilmore and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 52nd Bombardment Squadron, 29th Bombardment Group, 314th Bombardment...

After listening to Walter Winchell [Annotator's Note: Walter Winchell, American newspaper columnist] on the radio...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr reenlisted in the Army in 1949 for three years. He was given his previous rank and sent to Camp...

Windom Joseph Burton went into Navy boot camp in Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Norfolk, Virginia] and was then sent for...

In July 1943, Charles A. Waller joined the Marine Corps and went to boot camp. Waller was made a squad leader in...

When the assignment at Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak, Indonesia] was completed, Mark Brannon and the USS Hutchins (DD-...

Patrick Zilliacus thinks that the variety of odd jobs he held before being drafted helped him in duties on a submarine...

Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] was at Oceanside, California which is across from...

John Smith's journey overseas began in San Francisco, California in early June and ended in Brisbane, Australia in July...

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