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Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a Navy fighter pilot in World War 2] belongs to an association called the...

After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...

For the first battle of the Matanikau, James Smith and the Raiders were going to go up the river and 1st Battalion, 7th...

Pearson Riddle was born in Pensacola, North Carolina and grew up in the country. His father had a farm of about 120...

Mort Oman was not aware that a large battle had jut taken place when he arrived in Buna, New Guinea in June 1944. He...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was in New Caledonia when he received transfer orders from USS Patterson (DD-392) to an oil burning...

Jake Ussery is humbled and honored to provide his story of the Second World War. He honors those pilots he flew with...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the constant mortar [Annotator's Note: M1 81mm mortar] firing during World War 2...

When he set sail, Gerald West had never heard of Guadalcanal. He didn't learn about it until he was about to attack it...

Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner snuck out of Austria and made his way to the United States, arriving on 8 May 1939.]...

Leo V. Strausbaugh was a captain in charge of B Company of the 6th Ranger Battalion [Annotator's Note: Company B, 6th...

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