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William Beaman was born in October 1924 in Dayton, Ohio, the only boy of three children. His father died when he was...

Lloyd Guillory was sent to Japan near Kanagawa two weeks after the war ended. Things were disorganized. The squadron [...

Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotators Note: during the attack on...

[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of motion pictures clips he captured during the Battle of Midway in...

Al Currier was able to learn to operate a tank [Annotator's Note: M3 Stuart light tank] when the Army sent 20 prewar...

After discharge, Windom Joseph Burton briefly used the G.I Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...

On one patrol, Melvin C. Whitman shot a big rat off a fence. The shot scared a hiding Japanese soldier and one of...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was with Major Jim Crowe [Annotator's Note:...

Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...

When Charles Wesley Borders was not flying, he had some reading material and records. They would also play ball. There...

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