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Galella, Armando Supporting the Marines on Okinawa
Armando Galella's duties changed when he became battalion sergeant major, working at headquarters and answering only to...
Tatum, John Prewar Life to the Pacific
John Wesley Tatum was born in 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked in North Carolina at a pole mill in Leland...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Roosevelt, Truman, and Home
Charles Wesley Borders heard about Roosevelt's [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the...
Skaggs, Jack Japanese Attack on Wake Island
Jack Skaggs heard about Pearl Harbor on Monday morning, 8 December 1941. [Annotator's Note: Wake Island is west of, and...
Amsden, Ben Air-to-Air Combat Victories
On 12 October [Annotator's Note: 12 October 1944], Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a pilot with Fighting...
Bennett, Richard Reflections
Richard Bennett thinks World War 2 doesn't mean much to today's Americans, except for a small amount of appreciation....
Eddy, Sherwin War's End
Sherwin Lansing Eddy and his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Composite Squadron 94 (VC-94) flying from USS Shamrock Bay (...
Jacobs, Jr., Walter Guam and Ie Shima
Walter Jacobs took part in the fighting on Guam, Leyte, Kerama Retto, Ie Shima, and Okinawa. Of those, Okinawa was the...
Cassidy, John Close Calls
Other close calls John Cassidy remembers included a night when two bombers flew so low, in diversionary tactics while...
Jones, Gerry Joining the Marines
Gerry Jones was painting radio towers in California when he heard the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...
Karr, Robert Segment 9
K.D. Jones was Karr's pointer on the gun mount. Jones and Karr were able to get down and crawl out onto the deck. They...
Bennett, Loren Life Aboard Ship
Loren Bennett thought it was easy to manage the limits of what could be sent home because they were at sea. The guys...

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