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[Annotator's Note: Arthur Smith left his Mediterranean duty and returned to the US from Oran, Algeria.] He landed in...

David Oreck was born in 1923 in Duluth, Minnesota. Around the age of 18, he decided to go to the University of...

Norman Riggsby had a postwar career that was not related to his wartime experiences. His most memorable thing about...

After the end of the war, Malcolm Johnson was awarded the Bronze Star. [Annotator's Note: The Bronze Star Medal is a U....

Before he got married, Donald Popham tried to enlist, but failed the physical because of his eyesight. His rating was...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

William Splichal was born in May 1924 in Lincoln, Nebraska. His father worked for the city and his mother raised the...

Henry A. Tacket and the USS Heermann (DD-532) were assigned to the invasion of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. The...

Thomas Houdek was born in Detroit, Michigan in March 1926, the youngest of six children. His father was a tool and die...

Jack Weiss was born in Elkhart, Indiana in June 1923. He grew up there during the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...

Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...

Robert Wolf returned to the United States from the Philippines and went back to school. He graduated in 1949. He...

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