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Yellin recalls strafing runs on Chici-jima which was about a hundred or so miles from Iwo Jima. Yellin strafed the...

The war made James Roland Westbrook a better person. He had not finished high school, so went home to Mississippi and...

James Goodrich and his buddy dug a foxhole. His buddy put a big branch across the top of the hole. Later that night...

Martin Carmody did his flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas. When he graduated nine months later he was sent to San...

Robert Templet believes that there was a lack of preparation for an enemy attack at Pearl Harbor during the weeks...

Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...

In 1944, Kenneth A. Lafleur and the 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force were sent to an airfield in Finschhafen, New...

[Annotator’s Note: The sound is choppy in this segment.] When Edwin Sedran landed on Tinian [Annotator’s Note: Tinian,...

At 19 years of age, Murphy Burke witnessed the fight at Iwo Jima. He described the day as breaking grungy, with low...

Monroe Scherer was shipped out to California where he visited some relatives and friends. He then went by troop ship to...

Lawrence Wulf enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He was sent to Victory Field in Vernon, Texas. His instructor was...

While the 35th Infantry [Annotator's Note: 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division] waited on Guadalcanal [...

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