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In Combat Intelligence school they learned to analyze and creep up on Japanese emplacements, the types of troops, type...

Joe G. Casillas was born in San Pedro, California in October 1925. He grew up around Pacoima [Annotator's Note: Pacoima...

One of Curtis Winfred Wise's brothers was in the service. They did not talk much about it. He did talk to his parents...

Ralph C. Franklin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 13 July 1920. Life was wonderful during his youth. Raised in a middle...

Richard O'Hara's most memorable experience of World War 2 was sailing into Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor...

Olaf Rose was born in August 1921 in Pontiac, Michigan, and was the oldest of four children. His father was in the...

Robert E. McGovern was born in October 1926 in Flint, Michigan. His parents were from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and his...

Upon completing his training, Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (...

It was Walter Bank's first time in the Pacific, and he found it "different." Few Japanese spoke English, and he had to...

Stanley Stewart was born in July 1924 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He lived in that model small town, where his father...

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

After arriving on Pavuvu Island, Romus Burgin and the rest of the 1st Marine Division began training for the invasion...

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