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Frank Stewart stopped to see one of his brothers in Oklahoma on his way to Boston when he returned to the United States...

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

When Delewski resumed firing he had to sit in a different position to fire his gun. The fire had warped the area where...

Leo Denault was always singing in the shower. He loved music. They put on a show. They built a stage with a roof on it...

Matthew Cornelia's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it ended. He served because he wanted to do...

Edmund Durocher landed on Guadalcanal weighing 156 pounds and left weighing 126. He had no socks because they had...

Jack Skaggs saw several POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] accidentally killed by the electrical wire surrounding...

Richard Lafleur [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty with 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] got acquainted...

Besides the flag raising, Dave Severance's most vivid memory was the loss of troops. They knew that the Japanese were...

J. W. Childs only became close friends with one crewmate while he was in the Navy, and thinks that is the greatest...

[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded over the city on...

Louis Andriano was discharged from the Navy in June 1946. He took advantage of the G.I. Bill to an extent. He went to a...

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