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Louis Block was born in December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and went to school there. He lost his mother at...

Frank Pomroy relates how the amphibious tanks [Annotator's Note: Landing Vehivle, Tracked, or LVT] went out of the LSTs...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

They [Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant and the other officers of the USS San Francisco Veterans Association] decided to...

John Mikus, Jr. was with the old paratroopers on Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Battle of Vella Lavella, 15 August to...

Captain Hunt [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Captain George P. Hunt] was no longer in command of K Company [...

Frederick Ellis had seven 40mm guns [Annotator's Note; Bofors 40mm automatic cannon] and 12 20mm guns [Annotator's Note...

There was sharp drop off and that is how they were able to put the destroyer right up on the beach. Myers could only...

Leo William Schmittgens remembered after all the firing ceased [Annotator's Note: after a firefight during the Battle...

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

The morning that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...

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