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Louis B. Hutchinson was born in November 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note...

[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] The...

John Reeder remained on active duty, and was sent to the Naval Air Station at Mojave, California for a month, then...

Oscar Culp was based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii when the war with Japan ended. He remembers the day [Annotator's Note:...

The USS LST-809 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] spent 60 hours unloading its cargo of men, aviation fuel and...

Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...

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

Sam S. McKeel served in the Navy as a fire director controlman on the forward twin 40 mm Bofors guns [Annotator's Note...

Harold Buell flew both the Douglas SBD Dauntless and the Curtis SB2C Helldiver dive bombers. There were positive and...

Mort Oman suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder [Annotator's Note: post traumatic stress disorder; a mental...

They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...

Ellis Whaley was born in Lumberport, West Virginia in December 1923. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He went to high...

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