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Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States and joined his father in a one-bedroom apartment in Tucson [Annotator’s...

When the Japanese ceased the bombing [Annotator's Note: Fall of the Philippines, invasion by the Empire of Japan, 8...

On VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May 1945], James Morehead was base commander at Chico Air Force...

Deen believes the mortar team helped to save the men at the point [Annotators Note: on Peleliu, September 1944]. He...

Edward Bruce Jennings never saw so many planes bombing a place. The naval bombardment was terrible as well. They could...

Olaf Rose became acquainted with, and courted, his future wife by mail from the Pacific. When he came home on a 30 day...

When Jack Houston was evacuated [Annotator's Note: from Okinawa] he was taken first to Saipan then to Guam. While they...

Leo Denault was discharged on 10 March 1946. He came back on a troop carrier ship. It took seven days. It was awful. He...

Towards the end of the war, Burl Loving transferred to an APA [Annotator’s Note: Auxiliary Personnel, Attack troop...

[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...

Paul J. Frisco enlisted in the Navy because of his father's service during World War 1 and because of the Navy's...

Norman Sterrie was spotted over the forward elevator just as an explosion below lifted the elevator and him in his TBD...

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