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Martha Tolles went to Florida in June [Annotator’s Note: of 1944] with her husband. They got a month off and went back...

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...

William Lee Barnes enlisted in the Navy and was given basic training at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station...

Edmond Guidry wanted to kill the Japanese for what they did. When the war ended, the United States still did not trust...

Burl Loving was ordered to report to the 317 [Annotator’s Note: USS YMS-317 minesweeper] which was a 130-foot-long,...

George Peto and the men of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines had a few days of rest and got new guns then moved out...

Robert "Bob" Lowry and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-538] finally got beached and dropped out of the convoy [...

The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...

Walter Atwood worked for Boeing [Annotator's Note: The Boeing Company] for a couple of years and got deferments [...

Charles Watkins Adair was sent to Nadzab, New Guinea [Annotator's Note: Nadzab Airfield in Lae, Papua New Guinea with...

Arthur Fishman's bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Robinson (DD-562)] was near the engine room below deck. He...

Joe K. McPhail was satisfied with his living quarters on his 104 foot long boat [Annotator's Note: the quick supply...

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