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James Bollich had no idea there was going to be a surrender. He knew the front lines kept falling back. When he was...

When his leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] was up, Salvador Guercia returned...

Vernon Micheel sailed on a freighter manned by a crew from Ceylon [Annotator's Note: now Sri Lanka, November 1942]. He...

After training in Fort Lewis, Washington, Peter Dipol was sent to the Mojave Desert [Annotator’s Note: in the foothills...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

Shows were important to George Colburn. Eddie Bracken [Annotator's Note: Edward Vincent Bracken, American entertainer]...

Returning to the United States, Vaughn Whitworth was offered a promotion to reenlist. He had had enough and went home....

Alvin Barnes was born December in 1925 in Minden, Nebraska. His family moved from the small Midwestern town and bought...

Leon Griffith was in the Philippines and was hunting Japanese who were on a mountain and firing artillery shells at...

After the fifth day on the march in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: Bataan Death March, the forcible transfer by the...

Clayton Hall was pinned down [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...

Robert Jarvis’ most memorable experience of World War 2 was seeing his brother in Manila [Annotator’s Note: Manila, the...

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