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Warren Nolan had an older brother who was kind of the pioneer of the family. The family is Catholic, so the brother...

Wilbur Rogers was born in August 1925 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, the youngest of six boys and three girls. His wasn't a...

Harry Carlson was born in October 1924 in Springfield, Pennsylvania. He grew up there as a single child. His father...

Davis Gordon Mayes witnessed sailors being blown off their ships and falling into the water [Annotator's Note: during...

Marvin Westcott was aboard the USS Balch (DD-363) while she performed escort duty for the aircraft USS Enterprise (CV-6...

Childers went to the yeoman and requested a transfer form. He typed up the request and asked to be assigned to Torpedo...

Floyd Annas was born in March 1925 in Granite Falls, North Carolina. He moved to a farm when he was 12 years old. Annas...

[Annotator's Note: Joyce Sherman completed Nurses training and enlisted in the Army on 1 June 1943.] It was wartime and...

Kenneth Marshall was born in December 1926 in Grand Island, Nebraska, one of four siblings. His father, a hardworking...

Wallace G. Hurley was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1923. His mother and father divorced. His alcoholic father headed...

Thomas Wicker received orders to serve on an oilier, which he was not thrilled about. He graduated from Tulane...

Joseph Daquarna was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana in May 1928. His father owned a grocery store and barroom. The family...

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