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Pomroy, Frank Japanese Dead at the Tenaru River
Frank Pomroy and his fellow Marines walked down to the sandspit at the mouth of the Tenaru River and stared at the dead...
Wolczyk, Stanley Alaska Bound
As Stanley Wolczyk departed the United States, he had no idea of his destination. The troops thought that they were...
Chinnis, Edward Stateside Training and Reporting Aboard the USS Dorchester (APB-46)
Edward Chinnis, Jr. was assigned to a tanker after completing radio school. Prior to that he was assigned to a mine...
Schneider, Tony First Combat in the Marshall Islands
Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...
Surratt, Carey Experiencing Battle
While Carey Suratt was aboard the 452 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-452], the ship landed on New Guinea. While there,...
Cole, John First Combat Experience
About a day away from Hawaii, while John H. Cole was headed for Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall...
Birdsall, Raymond Submarine Duty in the Pacific
Raymond Birdsall was born in Lockport, Louisiana. In 1941, he went over to the high school because they did not have a...
Bourgeois, Henry "Hank" The F4U Corsair, Charles Lindbergh and Wrecked Aircraft in Lake Michigan
[Annotator's Note: Henry Bourgeois served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft with Marine...
Fair, Paul Postwar Career
Paul Fair thinks MacArthur’s [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Southwest...
Love, John Reflections on the War
The older soldiers did not survive like some of the younger men [Annotator's Note: as prisoners of war in the...
Kent, Edward Gliding into France
Edward F. Kent and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 602nd Field Artillery Battalion (Pack)] were outside of Rome [Annotator’...
Ball, Rowland War's End
Rowland Elliott Ball served as a navigator with the 60th Bombardment Squadron, 39th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force...

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