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Aboard ship, Wahlen's platoon leader would talk to his men about what to expect when they landed [Annotators Note: on...

Norman Hatch filmed the battle on Tarawa with black and white 35mm film, but most of the rest of his photographers shot...

The last mission Maynard David flew was on 30 August [Annotator's Note: 30 August 1945]. It was an air-sea rescue...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: after joining Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division on...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin joined the Army in Columbus, Ohio in November 1942.] Kneflin was sent to Fort Sill,...

Mark Maynard was one of 27 chiefs in the SUBPAC [Annotator’s Note: Submarine Command Pacific] when only nine were...

Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

Byron Herbert Meader was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi and assigned to Headquarters, 271st Infantry Regiment [...

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

Fred Wesighan has visited New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] but has never been to The National...

Frank Pomroy tells the story of how he and Bill Hollman became friends. He was on Guadalcanal for five months and...

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