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James T. Lindsey was born in Marshall, Missouri in August 1924. He grew up with one sister. His parents owned a...

Arnold Horn remembers that they had to help build barracks while they slept in tents. They trained with wooden guns....

Walter Groth was born in Louisiana in July 1924. He was born and raised on a beef cattle farm in Elton, Louisiana. His...

George A. Damiano was born in Riverside, California in 1924. He grew up in a little town called Murrieta, California...

When Noah Lewis got to Hawaii, there was only one hotel near Waikiki Beach [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii], but he...

Jack Werner felt that he was at home when he came to the United States. It seemed that this is where he belonged. It...

Frederick Freeman was born in Saint Louis County in Kirkwood [Annotator's Note: Kirkwood, Missouri] in May 1925. His...

William Banghart was born in May 1919 in Bucksport, Maine. His father worked in the Boston [Annotator’s Note: Boston,...

The USS Honolulu (CL-48) went back to San Francisco and Ray Emory was heading for Melbourne, Australia three or four...

Charles R. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1924. His father was a window washer. His mother was a housewife...

William Cassady [Annotator’s Note: serving aboard the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] remembers the ship behind them...

Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

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