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  • Lawrence, Paul Milne Bay, New Guinea

    Paul Lawrence did not know how many people were on the base where he was stationed [Annotator's Note: at Milne Bay, New Guinea].

  • Lawrence, Paul Overseas to New Guinea

    In May 1943, Paul Lawrence had technically been the Navy for one year. While at school, he waited tables.

  • Lawrence, Paul Prewar Life

    Paul Lawrence was born Rochelle, Illinois but lived in Ionia, Michigan.

  • Lawrence, Paul The War Ends

    Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt.

  • Lawrence, Paul Thoughts on the War

    When Paul Lawrence arrived in New Guinea, the fighting had gone further up the coast.

  • Lazarick, Len Segment 1

    Lazarick was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1923. In those days Camden was a nice city with many large manufacturing and ship building firms.

  • Lazarick, Len Segment 2

    Lazarick heard President Roosevelt's speech [Annotator's Note: Roosevelt's speech to Congress which he gave on 8 December 1941] in t

  • Lazarick, Len Segment 3

    Lazarick knew he was going to the Pacific.

  • Lazarick, Len Segment 4

    The bunkers were made of coconut logs placed over a deep hole with mud placed on the top of the logs [Annotator’s Note: describing the invasion of

  • Lazarick, Len Segment 5

    When Lazarick got back to his outfit on 5 December [Annotator's Note: 5 December 1944] they were up in the hills.

  • Lazarick, Len Segment 6

    On the morning of the 21st they were ordered to go down Tombstone Ridge and head west to the village of Nishibaru.

  • Lazarick, Len Segment 7

    They had a couple of rainy days in April [Annotator's Note: April 1945] but the rains got heavy after Lazarick left.

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