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Henry A. Tacket was aboard the USS Heermann (DD-532) when the invasion of the Philippines started. The initial landings...

While stationed on Wheeler Field [Annotator's Note: Wheeler Army Airfield, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] with the 14th Pursuit...

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

There were many gold stars in the windows around Lorraine Mesken's home, and she remembers helping to console mothers...

Daniel J. Lennon was born in February 1925 in Vienna, Austria. His father was in graduate school for medicine. They...

Walter Ram went through basic training for the Army. He was discharged after a year in the Army. When the Japanese...

The last time Richard Cole saw the old man [Annotator's Note: USAF General James H. Doolittle] was in 1992. Several of...

Waldeman Czaban’s unit went to Kawaii, the Hawaiian Islands, and helped develop the fledgling base. The Seventh...

Because of the discrimination in the Army caste system, Francis Resta said he came to really hate the Army. But when...

Archibald "Archie" T. Higgins was born in New Orleans in January 1924. He is a lifelong resident of the New Orleans...

[Annotator's Note: Carolyn Bridgforth and her boyfriend decided to move up their wedding after the Japanese attacked...

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

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