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Charles Womack shipped out from San Diego. He does not remember what he thought about as he left the United States. The...

George A. Damiano fought in World War 2 because he felt like he should help his country. He felt he did not learn much...

After basic training, James Franklin Young was sent to New River, North Carolina and placed in the Fleet Marine Force....

After the war, Robert S. Gibbs told his boss he was getting married, and he asked for a raise. His pay went up to 200...

James Buckley was assigned to the USS LST-1013, a Landing Ship, Tank. It was as long as football field and 50 feet wide...

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

Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...

During the surrender, James Bollich destroyed his weapons and threw them into the water. When he was falling back, he...

On 6 August 1945, Russell Gackenbach was ordered on a special mission to Japan. At three o’clock in the morning, his...

Ben Kuroki grew up with Caucasian friends. There were only a few Japanese American families around at the time. The...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] There was nothing...

When Edward F. Kent went into combat in Europe, he carried a carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic...

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