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When Jack Houston arrived off Okinawa he was not as afraid as he should have been. In the hours before they left the...

For Paul Hilliard, The National WWII Museum obtaining an SBD [Annotators Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] is a...

To Edmund Durocher, New Britain was just as bad as Guadalcanal. They went to New Guinea before they landed on New...

On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...

Russell Clay always served below deck during engagements with the enemy [Annotator's Note: he was a crewman aboard the...

Charles Davis experienced his first burial at sea after the 13 to 15 November battle [Annotator's Note: 13 to 15...

On 11 July 1944, George Colburn and two others went into the Federal building in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston,...

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

Deen was supposed to follow Bill Thompson [Annotators Note: during the invasion of Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. He was...

Kenneth Killilea received his Marine Corps boot camp training at Parris Island. The moment he stepped off the bus upon...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

After being wounded, Richard Keller was evacuated to a field hospital [Annotator's Note: Keller was shot by a sniper...

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