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Lincoln Piazzo was recommended for the Medal of Honor for a mission over the most highly fortified area of the Pacific...

Robert Marich traveled on a Liberty Ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship], with the entire...

Edward Riedl remembers that the Duck [Annotator's Note: DUKW; six-wheel-drive amphibious truck; also known as a Duck]...

Ray Emory was born in Peoria, Illinois, one of eight children. His father lost his leg during the Great Depression,...

While in the Philippines, Charles Chatterton's vessel [Annotator's Note: LCI(L)-334, Landing Craft Infantry (Large)]...

Michael Maziarczyk landed in Australia in 1943 after 28 days on the boat. They left from San Francisco [Annotator's...

After Marine Corps boot camp, Arthur McHardy was sent to Seattle, Washington to a Navy yard as an MP [Annotator's Note...

[Annotator's Note: Calvin Barrick served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Tang (SS-306) and was aboard for that...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the Battle of Surigao Strait. The new and more...

Robert Templet believes that there was a lack of preparation for an enemy attack at Pearl Harbor during the weeks...

Robert Freligh served during the war because he felt it was his duty. He was also 20 years old at the time and thought...

During and after the Battle of Saipan, Ira Schilling and his fellow Marines willingly accepted enemy troops who...

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