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After the battle of Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo Jima, Japan],...

[Annotator’s Note: Birds can be heard chirping in the background throughout this clip.] Willard Johnson was assigned to...

Bruner's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Coghlan (DD-606)] returned briefly to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before setting out for...

Bryghte Davis Godbold and the Marines on Wake Island lived in tents. The civilians involved with island construction...

Julian Siebert was born in Westmoreland, Kansas in 1923. Growing up during the 1930s, he saw that everyone was hard up...

Annotator’s Note: Video and sound are very choppy throughout this segment. You can also hear chattering in the...

Kenneth H. Bailey fought in World War 2 without hesitation. You had to go over. Conscientious objector was not in his...

After graduating high school in 1939, Gerald “Gerry” Gustafson attended Wentworth Military Academy [Annotator’s Note:...

George Henry Rosenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in June 1922. His father was able to retain a job in the railroad...

Edward LaPorta was born in Italy in 1917. He grew up and was educated in Italy as well. His dream was to be a...

Wesley Fronk had one sister and grew up in a lot of different places. He never had any problems making friends. Moving...

Robert "Bob" Rickel was born in Toledo, Ohio in July 1923. Rickel's father came to the United States from Poland....

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