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The reason Frederick Stent served during World War 2 was because he wanted to be in the military. His father had served...

Jimmie F. Dyer was born and raised on a farm in Castro County, Texas in April 1926. His dad was a farmer and there were...

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

Phineas Stevens was born in Jackson, Mississippi in December 1917. He grew up during the Great Depression. He attended...

Robert Marich traveled on a Liberty Ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ship], with the entire...

After being discharged in August 1946, Harry McKnight went home and enrolled in the University of Ohio [Annotator's...

Walter Atwood worked for Boeing [Annotator's Note: The Boeing Company] for a couple of years and got deferments [...

On the battleship, J. W. Childs said, it was mandatory for a sailor to wear his white hat if he went outside of his...

The second and final time Floyd Fogg was wounded, the Marines were taking Hill 515 for the fifth time. They were...

Roger Shaw was assigned to the SS George Gayle on the Industrial Canal while it was still being completed by the...

Ray Dennis Irby was born in November 1924 in Meridian, Mississippi. He had four brothers and two sisters. He was the...

When James Wilson got off of Peleliu [Annotator's Note: the Battle of Peleliu, September to November 1944, Peleliu,...

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