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After his Navy training, George Hamilton was assigned to the USS King (DD-242) and spent 16 months aboard her in the...

Dale Bates was assigned to the 321st Bombardment Squadron, 90th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 321st Bombardment...

Clayton Hall and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were...

Richard Witaker recognized that the life expectancy of platoon leaders was not very long on Okinawa. The Japanese would...

Howard Hart had no problems invading Afghanistan to get rid of the Taliban [Annotator’s Note: The Taliban, which also...

Jack Thornhill went to see the destroyer on exhibit in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: the USS Kidd (DD-661)]. Even...

There were different concoctions in the C-rations [Annotator's Note: prepared and canned wet combat food] and K-rations...

The Marines had to land about a thousand yards short of the beach at Tarawa. Eugene Tarrant recalls the San Francisco's...

Asked if he had plans or goals for his postwar life, Arthur Lee said he had no idea what he would do when he returned...

Carey Suratt believes the war in Vietnam was costly in lives, unnecessarily. He thinks it is important to teach about...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. finished his missions out of Clark Field [Annotator's Note: now Clark Air Base, a Philippine...

Childers went to the yeoman and requested a transfer form. He typed up the request and asked to be assigned to Torpedo...

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