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

Roger Shaw was born in New Orleans in 1921. He grew up and was educated in New Orleans. After graduating high school,...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] headed to the Philippines,...

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

Richard O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane] gave William Leibold a nice 35mm...

Richard Jaccarino said the war matured him, and he got a better perspective of people from diverse backgrounds. He made...

Henry Bourgeois' first air to air combat was over Bougainville. When the dive bombers went into their dive, the entire...

Mahlen Arledge and the 81st Infantry Division were placed on ships that were destined for the island of Angaur. The...

Charles Struble remembers planes [Annotator's Note: of the 421st Bombardment Squadron, 504th Bombardment Group, 20th...

Robert M. Solomon lost a girlfriend when he had to go participate in the maneuvers. He felt like the United States...

After Bougainville, James Salerno and the Raiders went to New Zealand for some R...

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

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