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Mark Maynard witnessed a big celebration at the end of the war. Some men even drank torpedo fuel which contained...

Randolph Daniel went to boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois [Annotator’s Note: Naval Station Great Lakes near Waukegan,...

Sterling Cale was born in Macomb, Illinois in 1921. Shortly after birth, he went into an orphanage for four years....

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits was born in Neenah, Wisconsin in December 1923. He grew up with three brothers. Babbits'...

Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...

The discipline in the Marine Corps helped to make Deens life successful. He is glad that he went through it and the...

Basic training was rough for Raymond Loidolt. He was 18. It was lot of climbing with full packs on. Once you go through...

During and after the Battle of Saipan, Ira Schilling and his fellow Marines willingly accepted enemy troops who...

Once word came that they were shipping out, Robert Leese flew with his crew as a passenger, stopping for fuel in Fiji,...

Karen K. Lewis never suffered from post-traumatic stress after her experiences in an internment camp. She was never...

Samuel Hadjinian was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school in 1942 and worked for a year as a stock...

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