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James Gaffney’s assessment of the John Wayne World War II movie entitled "They Were Expendable" was that it was mostly...

Wiley grew up during the Great Depression and he joined the Navy in 1940 just shortly after he graduated from high...

Billy Grieves made 11 runs on the submarine Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)]. He left the Thresher...

Benjamin Albert Glusing's men [Annotator's Note: in the 208th Military Police Company] saved themselves, other men,...

There were a lot of events that did not make a lasting impression on Crain. He cannot recall the troops he brought in...

Ben Steele had not eaten in three days when he was captured. He was captured after walking out in front of an enemy...

Dave Severance remembers some of the men, including Ira Hayes, John Bradley [Annotator's Note: John Henry Bradley, also...

[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

Robert Leese was born in February 1923 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, one of six siblings. When he was four years old, the...

Gerry Jones recalls when they [Annotator's Note: the 1st Marine Division] went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu,...

Claire Maddox returned to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: as a member of ACORN-21, Aviation, Construction, Ordnance, Repair]...

Lloyd Guillory's most notable recollection of the war occurred on the day when he thought he was going to die. His...

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