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As the Germans retreated, they laid mines along the roads. John Kerner put sandbags on the floors of the jeeps. They...

Frank Curtis McBride was limited in his service [Annotator’s Note: as a result of scar tissue on his lung due to...

Clyde Barber was a member of the Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) that flew PBYs [Annotator’s Note: The Consolidated PBY...

When Japan surrendered, John Cassidy was in the Pacific off Wake Island. He thought the atomic bomb was kind of awesome...

Tsuyin Soong had been under Japanese occupation for eight years. The government started rebuilding. During the war, the...

While Richard Yavenue was recuperating on the hospital ship [Annotator's Note: USS Solace (AH-5)] anchored off the...

Everybody was scared the first time, and every time they jumped out of an airplane. Gerard Dillon says that if you were...

Frank Dominic Lanzetta was born in August 1925 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. He had six...

They [Annotator's Note: Edward Driscoll and Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13), USS Franklin (CV-13)] left Leyte [Annotator's...

The Chinese would grab people on the streets and hand them over to the Americans if they were Japanese. George Colburn...

After the conclusion of World War 2, Alvin Sniff was sent back to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...

Ralph C. Franklin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 13 July 1920. Life was wonderful during his youth. Raised in a middle...

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