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Kenneth Killilea boarded a hospital ship offshore of Iwo Jima after being wounded in action. The largest pieces of...

Ray Eshelman was never interested in a military career. He had a couple of choices at discharge. He could join the...

Louis Conter arrived in San Francisco after his voyage from Hawaii. He took a train trip to Pensacola, Florida during...

George A. Damiano graduated from high school shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

Glen Kuskie had just made it to shore after surviving a Hell ship that was sunk by the Americans. [Annotator's Note:...

Wiley grew up during the Great Depression and he joined the Navy in 1940 just shortly after he graduated from high...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in 5th Marine Division] had to be responsible for his 30 camera guys [...

Emil Schoonejans volunteered for service in the Navy. He originally wanted to go into the air force. He and a buddy...

Bruno S. Rinas arrived in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], but was not allowed to go home....

William Smith was dating the sister of a friend, but it did not last long because he went overseas. He really never saw...

Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

Earl Dean Browning holds up a book that he put together after he came home from the service [Annotator's Note: in...

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