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In June 1942, after mortar training at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville,...

Gordon Higgins traveled by train to Camp Shanks, New York, where troops were collecting before shipping out. He was...

As a medic, Lawrence Angst saw a lot. Grave Registration used to get to him. They would come along with trucks and fill...

George Colburn was born in Medford, Massachusetts in March 1926. His sister died as an infant and he grew up alone. His...

Robert Cahoon briefly stayed on Biak in the Netherlands East Indies [Annotator's Note: in May 1944, Cahoon left New...

Howard Warren Stokes is thankful for being alive and for the government paying for his education. He is also happy...

Amelia Taylor's father signed for her at the recruiting station [Annotator's Note: to join the Women Accepted for...

William Edwin Howard says the fighting on Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] beach was terrible. The Germans had a...

Hunger and thirst tormented Cleatus Lebow and his fellow shipmates from the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) who were stranded...

Reginald Duncan was always the lead vehicle during blackout convoy driving. There was one incident that Duncan claims...

Arthur Frongello believes the Navy uniform is the most innovative piece of clothing a man could wear. The stripes,...

[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson served aboard the USS Jamestown...

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