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Wesley Fronk never fired a shot in anger. There was one instance where he and another soldier were returning from...

Herbert W. Ridyard arrived at battalion headquarters prior to the advance on Sinz, Germany and was sent to find a...

When James Shelton Scales was promoted to captain and given his own company [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion...

Alvin Barnes rode out a typhoon off Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. The ship [Annotator's Note: USS Purdy (...

When Charles Kitowski returned to Grosseto, the war had ended. The group [Annotator's Note: Kitowski was a member of...

Arthur A. Smith was born in August 1924. The war started when he was 17. He had a good idea of what his future would be...

Jake Ussery and the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] were ordered back to San Diego. That was his base...

Mahlen Arledge was married on 24 December 1942. He was 18 and his new wife was 16 years old. She was still in high...

One night, Anna Maria Giamberardino and a friend decided to go see where the couples would hang out. They saw some men...

Max Finesmith was drafted into the Army infantry but ended up in the Air Forces. He trained at Fort Jackson, South...

Lee O. McKinnon stayed in the Navy until 1947. The Navy made good progress. When he first enlisted, there was no Navy...

Jack Skaggs and his comrades were loaded aboard the Nitta Maru for departure from Wake. They left on 12 January 1942....

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