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  • Bender, Harry Wounded on Okinawa

    Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BAR man, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st

  • Benjamin, Adelaide Early Life

    Adelaide Benjamin was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1932. She had a comfortable life and enjoyed outdoor activities with her younger brother.

  • Benjamin, Adelaide El Paso

    Adelaide Benjamin remembers the first Christmas tree the family had out there [Annotator's Note: in El Paso, Texas].

  • Benjamin, Adelaide Homefront

    Once the United States entered World War 2, Adelaide Benjamin followed the progress of the war in a number of ways but the family radio was the pri

  • Benjamin, Adelaide Reflections

    Adelaide Benjamin knows the preservation of the memory of the war by The National WWII Museum is important.

  • Benjamin, Adelaide War News

    Adelaide Benjamin and her family saw the war in the movie theaters on the Movietone News films. The graphic images often frightened her.

  • Benjamin, Adelaide War's End

    Adelaide Benjamin had returned to New Orleans, Louisiana from El Paso, Texas by the time the war ended.

  • Bennett, Loren Entrance into Service

    Loren Bennett went to boot camp at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake County, Illinois].

  • Bennett, Loren Life Aboard Ship

    Loren Bennett thought it was easy to manage the limits of what could be sent home because they were at sea.

  • Bennett, Loren Postwar Life

    Loren Bennett stayed out at sea for about two or three months after the war was over. He was ready to get out of the Navy.

  • Bennett, Loren Prewar Life

    Loren Bennett was born in October 1927 in Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. He did not have any siblings.

  • Bennett, Richard Doing Some Good

    Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment.

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