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[Annotator’s Note: There is noise in the background throughout this segment.] Anthony “Tony” Gallego enlisted in the...

[Annotator’s Note: A dog barking and other noises are audible throughout segment.] In February 1944, George Tamburello...

Trinidad Ledesma was tired and had jungle worms, so he decided not to reenlist. He was at a hospital and quarantined...

John S. Johnson thought World War 2 brought Americans together. It was pure good against pure evil. Unit 731 was a...

Nicholas Ventura Sr. joined the Army and was sent to Spartanburg, South Carolina for basic training for 10 weeks. He...

Emile Engles did not see Germans much until the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or Ardennes...

Burdell S. Hontz does not recall what the base [Annotator's Note: Hickam Field, now Hickam Air Force Base which is part...

Norman Neste's most memorable combat experience was towards the end because they were moving so quickly. He never knew...

Jackson Davis spent his war duty time at Pearl Harbor working in Naval Intelligence. He was there from start to end. He...

John Campbell was on ships that sunk twice. The first one [Annotator's Note: the SS Andrew G. Curtin, sunk 1944], he...

Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] had his share of close calls on Bloody Ridge...

Lawrence Angst's first experience with combat was seeing the dead bodies piled up to be registered. They left and then...

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