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After Bougainville, James Salerno and the Raiders went to New Zealand for some R...

On the troop ship out of Pearl Harbor, Holly Rees said there was little to do, and the soldiers played cards and got...

William Stewart is 88 years old. He was born in April 1929 in Glendale, California. He has one brother. His father...

Walter Bowsher made two separate cemeteries because he had to bury Russians. [Annotator's Note: Bowsher was assigned to...

Ray Dennis Irby turned 17 in 1941. He was in the backyard of his home in Meridian [Annotator's Note: Meridian,...

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

James Smith went home on 2 September 1945. He had a good job in New Zealand where he stayed for the rest of the war [...

On D plus 2 [Annotator's Note: two days after landing day], they [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 25th...

Rowland Elliott Ball served as a navigator with the 60th Bombardment Squadron, 39th Bombardment Group, 20th Air Force...

Astley Blackwell’s ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] was sunk on 25 October [Annotator's Note: 25...

William O’Brien was on duty in the Philippines. They kept their equipment ready. The ammunition was ready to go on the...

Jack Skaggs and his comrades were loaded aboard the Nitta Maru for departure from Wake. They left on 12 January 1942....

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