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Anthony Varuso thought highly of the natives on the island of New Guinea. Even though their clothing was minimal, they...

Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...

Sandford Robert Willford [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with the 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, 5th Air...

For Clyde Barber’s second deployment, he returned to Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) stationed at Kaneohe Bay Naval Air...

Richard Scholl was sent from Panama to New Guinea on an Italian ocean liner that the United States Government had...

Burton Johnson had multiple locations where Japanese prisoners were held in New Guinea. There was still hard fighting...

Frank Savage completed amphibious training at Hampton Roads, Virginia. To pass the test, the soldiers had to get ashore...

Anthony Varuso and the PT boats [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boats] in his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Motor...

When Charles Wesley Borders was not flying, he had some reading material and records. They would also play ball. There...

Arnold A. Mirsky's father did not want him to join the Army Air Corps, so when he was accepted, Mirsky did not tell his...

Lionel Lopez took a small ship out of Panama. They were headed north to San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco...

Richard Scholl arrived in New Guinea to constant rain. They were experimenting with canvas boots. They would wear them...

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