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[Annotator's Note: Archibald Rackerby was wounded by friendly fire while training on Guadalcanal on 9 March 1944.]...

Before the war, Sterling Mace played baseball and had aspirations to pitch. He pitched for the Philip Morris cigarette...

[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38...

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

[Annotator's Note: Segment begins with Sacks and the interviewer discussing the interviewee referring to his notes...

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

[Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody served in the Navy as a pilot flying Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers with Bombing...

Gerald West returned to the United States and went to a camp on Catalina island. There, the Marine Corps was training...

Paul J. Frisco and his fellow crewmen were not intimidated by the threat of kamikazes because of their supreme...

James Weller picked the Army for enlistment because his father had served in World War I in a submarine. The submarine...

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

Archibald Rackerby stayed in the Marine Corps after the war ended. He was not 100 percent after his injury. [Annotator'...

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