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After bootcamp, Carrel Reavis was sent to Hawaii, where he stayed for the whole war. All he did was load and unload...

The following morning, Leon Williamson was sent to attack two heavy cruisers west of Midway Island [Annotator's Note:...

Richard Witaker distrusted both civilians and soldiers on the Japanese held island of Okinawa. He once had to remove a...

Jeremiah “Jerry” O’Keefe found training intense. After preflight school at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia...

Robert Powers enjoyed World War 2 more than the Korean War. He had a reason to go in the first war and he enjoyed the...

Louis R. Lepore did not take part in the practice invasions at Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui, Hawaii] before going to...

[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carrel Reavis why he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, or CCC, as a...

A few weeks after the battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of Midway, 4 to 6 June 1942], Leon Williamson returned to Ewa [...

Richard Witaker heard about the war ending in Europe and was grateful. More supplies would be coming to the Pacific. In...

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe joined VMF-323 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323), called the "Death...

Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was cold. At night on the northern end of the island, Louis R. Lepore...

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