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Rivers Richardson King was assigned to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 233 (VMSB-233) and headed to Guadalcanal [...

Asked how he got a Japanese flag, Holly Rees said that nearly every enemy soldier carried one folded up on top of the...

Initially training in single engine airplanes with an instructor, Robert Heller liked flying, but was a "little bit...

Sterling Baker was in the National Youth Administration and trained to be a carpenter. He was also in charge of the...

Ernest Chauvin was drafted and went to basic training at Camp Croft, South Carolina. It was a pretty camp and was...

Taken back to the time when the USS Perch (SS-176) was forced to dive and was then depth charged in the shallow waters...

Hewitt Brian Gomez was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in January 1925. He recalled that he was playing football at a...

Frank Finklang quickly learned from the "old timers" to hold onto K-rations [Annotator's Note: individual daily combat...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling in the background throughout this segment.] Albert Castaing was born in New...

Hawk's father had served in the Army Coast Artillery in the Philippines during World War I and woke Hawk up at 3 in the...

Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...

Any little thing William Disanza could do to help the natives he did. They loved it as well. It was American ingenuity...

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