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The whole world was at war. Rackley had to read about what was happening after the war because it was such a broad one...

While Ralph Morse was in the hospital recovering from malaria, he was told he would not be going back to the Pacific [...

[Annotator's Note: Ralph Weymouth served in the Navy as a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 3 (VS-3) flying from...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Addison served in the USMC as a mortar man in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] After Bloody...

C. Charles Collie was at Okinawa which was the last big campaign of the war. It lasted longer than any of the other...

Frank H. O'Leary and his platoon set up on the Tenaru River [Annotator's Notes: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. On the...

Warren Schmitt was sent to San Diego after he was drafted. He had six weeks of training. Some of the young men could...

The Medusa [Annotator's Note: USS Medusa (AR-1)] was not far from them [Annotators Note: during the attack on Pearl...

Kenneth Marshall's first overseas destination was Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. He had no idea where he was. Early on,...

Lowell Rodrigue [Annotator's Note: after joining the crew of the USS Zeilin (APA-3)] headed north to Kiska in the...

Gene Alair was aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the battle of Guadalcanal. Saipan was a big operation [Annotator’s...

Troy Edwards and his unit [Annotator's Note: Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 14 (CASU-14)] reached Guadalcanal and set up...

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