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Donald Draxler was born in Glenwood City, Wisconsin in July 1923. His home town was near the "Twin Cities" [Annotator’s...

James Thomas Womack arrived in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] around 1941. He was on patrol duty...

Floyd James Reissig does not think the war changed him too much but helped him grow up. It did not affect his marriage...

There were usually 24 planes in James Bazet's squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223)], and...

William Currier's first seagoing engagement was aboard the USS Hall (DD-583) as part of a task group that escorted...

Vaughn Whitworth did not decide to fight in World War 2, he was inducted. He felt it was his duty to go along. He did...

Michael Maziarczyk remembers the Navy starting the bombardment at four in the morning. They made a hospital on the...

Charles Womack remembers that the bunkers and emplacements were often different from one to the next. He came across...

After boot camp, Robert Powers joined a rifle company at Camp Elliot, then volunteered for a Marine Raider unit. He...

John Edward Love was born in Clovis, New Mexico in August 1922. His father abandoned his family during the Great...

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

After the conclusion of World War 2, Alvin Sniff was sent back to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...

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