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Forrest Villarrubia volunteered for the Marines the day after his high school graduation. His mother would not sign for...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. started his Navy service on 30 October 1942 at Columbia University [Annotator's Note: in...

Ralph Marcarelli was aboard an LST [Annotator's Note: landing ship, tank] when he ventured around many islands to...

Roy Boreen felt that World War 2 did not change his values in life although the war did have an impact on his life...

James Bowie was born in September 1925 in Mississippi. Bowie had two sisters and one brother. He was the youngest. His...

Benjamin Carson had never heard of Iwo Jima before he was told that the Marines would be invading that part of Japan....

One morning, Richard Thelen saw a plane fly over him and he knew that he was about to be rescued [Annotator's Note: USS...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. took tests and examinations [Annotator's Note: for entry into aviation training in the United...

Robert S. Gibbs was born in December 1923 in Cedarhurst, New York. He had one sister who was older than him. His family...

Paul J. Frisco enlisted in the Navy because of his father's service during World War 1 and because of the Navy's...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the military and was able to select the Navy as his service branch. He grew up during the...

Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...

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