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Charles Bishop stayed with the Piranha [Annotators Note: USS Piranha (SS-389)] to put her out of commission since he...

Harold Zeringer was born in Houma, Louisiana in 1922 and grew up in New Orleans. There were good neighbors and friends...

Abner Aust was at Iwo Jima, Japan when the Japanese formally surrendered. He was the first pilot to go home on 11...

Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] was lousy to Louis J. Armentaro because it was hot. He spent a week there...

Woods did well in school. He could have gone on to any of the advanced training schools but he volunteered to go out as...

John Mikus, Jr. almost got shot when he got back to the United States. He wanted to call home. The women Marines had...

The last mission Maynard David flew was on 30 August [Annotator's Note: 30 August 1945]. It was an air-sea rescue...

One of the new pilots from Vejtasa's group got lost during the battle. He tried to make it to Guadalcanal but couldn't...

Stewart W. Robinson recalls the time the flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12) was strafed by Japanese fighters and his...

Joe G. Casillas was trained as a rifleman in the infantry. He got to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana...

Stanley Fagerstrom was a corporal going into an outfit that was already established in combat. He was attached to...

Lawrence Winnier did not stay in touch with anyone after the war. He has one grandson, three granddaughters, and two...

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