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Benigno Martinez's wounded battalion commander, Colonel Tillman Boyd, was well respected. He received the Silver Star....

Carey Eleser enlisted in the Navy and went by train to San Diego, California for basic training. He arrived around ten...

Jack Lengsfield remembers that he didn't know of the existence of Pearl Harbor until he heard the radio announcement...

From Townsville, Australia, Robert Leese went to Port Moresby, New Guinea, which was still occupied in the north by the...

Raymond Downs was in the water for almost 20 hours with no food. On the horizon, he could see 27 shrimping boats. He...

The one other combat action Carl Rieman experienced in the Philippines occurred in the Surigao Strait. The whole fleet...

Soon after joining the 1st Infantry Division, Ralph Sykes became charge of quarters. One night, while typing a letter...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses the interview to ask the interviewee to face him.] After retiring from the...

After the war ended, Peggy Upham went back home [Annotator's Note: to Dallas, Texas]. There was no money for her to go...

Mark John Maynard served on USS Sturgeon (SS-187), USS Marlin (SS-204), and USS Cobbler (SS-344) during World War Two....

Earl Flanagan and his unit [ Annotator's Note: 71st Infantry Division] headed into Austria, where they liberated the...

George A. Damiano fought in World War 2 because he felt like he should help his country. He felt he did not learn much...

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