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James Wilson's platoon leader [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...

James J. Hill enjoyed the swimming opportunities near his base when not in action. There were ideal conditions for it....

The day after this last action there was hardly anyone left in Jack Houston's company [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd...

Going into the Pacific took 19 days, zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-submarine maneuver], in a three-ship...

Edgar Eugene "Gene" Fricker had his boot camp training in San Diego, California. Even though he was in the Navy, he was...

The newly commissioned USS Cavalier (APA-37), with Edward Lee Allesandro aboard, picked up Seabees [Annotator's Note:...

For Thomas E. Warne the war ended on 14 August 1945 when the Japanese surrendered to the Americans. He supported the...

One day in late 1945 Allen Tillery was called in to the office of the colonel and informed that his application for the...

Henry George Joffray was born in March 1926. He grew up in Bellville, Illinois near St. Louis. He graduated from high...

William Earl Gast remembers the first time he changed into new clothes. He was staying in a house and slept in the...

The most significant thing to occur during the Battle of Midway that allowed for American victory is up for debate....

Ralph Burch thought seeing the Golden Gate Bridge was memorable when he was in San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San...

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