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Near the end of the war, while the 11th Airborne [Annotator's Note: 11th Airborne Division] was flown to Okinawa [...

Ray Anthony joined the Navy rather than the Army. He went to the Great Lakes and Chicago. Eddie Peabody was a...

There were no jobs when Charles Bruce got out of the service. He got married right away. He met a high school girl and...

Louise Settles had to leave the service once she was married. She knew that would happen. Her husband was to leave 20...

Returning to the United States, Vaughn Whitworth was offered a promotion to reenlist. He had had enough and went home....

Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...

In September 1947, James T. Lindsey enlisted in the US Army Air Forces to become a pilot. Because of his background in...

Thomas Kolesa was told to clean up his area and get everything ship shape. General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General...

Robert Oplinger left Fort Pierce, Florida training [Annotator's Note: as a member of Underwater Demolition Team 21 (UDT...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt's most memorable experience was 7 April [Annotator's Note: 7 April 1945, during Battle of Okinawa...

Schuyler Lininger was sent to the Pacific in August 1945. He was part of the replacement troops coming in for the...

George A. Damiano boarded a troopship [Annotator's Note: in Vancouver, Washington] and left for the Pacific. They...

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