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Milton Fernandez thinks his most memorable moment of the war was to serve in the Army and protect the country from the...

Benjamin Hagans was sent to the west side of Mindanao [Annotator’s Note: Mindanao, the Philippines]. His job was to...

John Reeder was unhappy with the way the reserve officers were being treated; he had overheard his commanding officer...

For Archibald Higgins, being away from family and friends was not easy during his service. It took a tough toll on his...

Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox went through boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], and was...

Louis R. Lepore took a cruise to Washington D.C. [Annotator's Note: Washington, District of Columbia]. He saw the World...

Mitchell Zimmer and the USS Snapper (SS-185) had multiple war patrols while using faulty torpedoes. Most of their...

Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings always had a soft spot for the Marblehead [Annotator's Note: USS Marblehead (CL-12)]. It...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams joined the Marine Corps on 17 March 1943. He trained at San Diego [Annotator's Note: US...

Lyle Mitchell remembers there were some ships that would never be repaired [Annotator’s Note: he is referring to the...

In 1944 as a senior in high school, Howard Cain avoided the draft by enlisting in the Army Air Force. He was gung-ho...

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