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Leo William Schmittgens thought he was treated well by the veteran Marines. He learned a lot from them and cherished...

William Barnes served aboard USS PC-590 which was a patrol craft. During the early part of 1942 the navy was desperate...

When Blanchard's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Franklin, CV-13] was attacked he didn't realize how close they were to...

James Buckley had no interest in politics. Floating around in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as a Deck Officer aboard...

Myers didn't lock his doors when he was growing up. If strangers came by, you would share food with them. People came...

Despite being on another small ship, F. Lincoln Grahlfs was happy to be on an auxiliary ship and not a fighting vessel...

Alvin von Frisch was born in Giessen, Germany in 1920. He began his education there but he, his mother, two sisters,...

When asked about a general message about his service and war, Eugene Tarrant references Civil War General Sherman's [...

Benjamin Albert Glusing’s unit [Annotator's Note: 208th Military Police Company] was given secret orders. The orders...

Kenneth Beard's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being a switchboard operator. He chose to serve because he...

Irwin Schneider arrived at Hollandia just after the landings there. There was no opposition to the assault. He had not...

James Warren David believed that World War 2 was a patriotic war and people were very positive at the time. The war...

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