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Thomas Kolesa was born in July 1924. He married at 18 and had three children. He is originally from Illinois and moved...

Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] associated...

James Bowie was on a liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship] when he went to Guam [...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

John Smith was out on a patrol miles into enemy territory when he was "relieved of all hazardous duty" and told he was...

[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...

Leo William Schmittgens trained with a M1 rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

The heat of our bodies is what saved their lives. They had charcoal heaters but were not given any charcoal. It was...

George Colburn was born in Medford, Massachusetts in March 1926. His sister died as an infant and he grew up alone. His...

When he was fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, Olaf Rose hated the enemy, but as the years have gone by, he admits...

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