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While heading to the invasion of Iwo Jima, Richard Nummer's convoy of ships was joined by numerous ships at Saipan....

During the war, Aaron Baumgarten worried less about meeting up with the Japanese than he was of coming to a bad end...

There were usually 24 planes in James Bazet's squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223)], and...

Billy Grieves rode the Falcon [Annotator's Note: US Navy submarine rescue ship USS Falcon (AM-28 /ASR-2)] down to New...

Tenney's first contact with the Japanese was on the morning of the 10th [Annotators Note: April 10, 1942] in a bivouac...

Theodore Theodore was born in July 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the middle child of three children in the family. His...

Mac Glenn Morris was born in January 1944 in Bessemer City, North Carolina. He had two older brothers. His father was...

Making her way alone, Virginia Wilterdink arrived at Camp Devens in Massachusetts to begin her military career. She met...

Claude Bufford Shaw was born in Marie, Arkansas, in 1918. When his Midshipman class graduated on 13 December 1941, he...

Returning to his experiences earlier in his Navy career, Lauren Bruner discusses particulars about his first ship, the...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. was born in December 1923 in Hoxie, Arkansas. His mother was a telephone operator and his...

Frank Pomroy had decided to go on a third invasion regardless of whether or not he would be sent home. The Marines drew...

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