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Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BARman, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th...

Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kwajalein, 31 January to 3 February 1944] D-Day [Annotator's Note: military...

Irwin Schneider was changed by the war completely. He had led a sheltered life prior to his service. He learned to be a...

Richard Greer experienced some bayonet fighting during the Battle for Henderson Field but more so at Point Cruz. They...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Swan was a pilot and navigator in Navy Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44). He was the navigator and...

[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...

In preparation for hitting the beaches, Joe Clapper said a soldier's main concern is that he has enough ammunition. He...

Aboard his first ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Guadalupe (AO-32)], Lawrence Winnier was an officer's attendant. He...

James Bowie knew the war was still going on when he was going home. Many of the men had war souvenirs. They were told...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Yusen served in the Navy as a gunner aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413).] From there...

Mahlen Arledge entered Japan on a landing craft after the end of the Pacific war. Though told that the troops did not...

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