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Gerald Wayne Lux joined the service to give the Japanese what they had coming to them after Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

The war affected Robert Ledford because it made him grow up fast. He went into the service at 18 years old and by 19 he...

While the Laffey was undergoing training on Chesapeake Bay some of the gunners were sent to Dam Neck, Virginia for...

Bernard Marcus and his family hardly discussed the world events in the 1930s. They always hated Hitler [Annotator’s...

Lewis M. Lee, Sr. was assigned to one of the requisitioned merchant ships, and was hauling troops to Midway and other...

David Yoho was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in August 1928 and grew up in the inner city. He had two sisters....

Elmer Koenig enlisted on 7 May 1943. He graduated from high school in June 1943. His parents expected him to join. In...

Herbert Saylor was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania in September 1925. He was brought up during the Depression [Annotator'...

Norris Bucksell was born in August 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Valena C. Jones Elementary School. He...

Harold Watters was born in Mobile [Annotator's Note: Mobile, Alabama] in July 1922. He grew up in Mobile during the...

John McConn worst memory of World War Two was when Zeddie Sears was killed. It was a panic situation. The event was...

Frank Pantuso was born in November 1925 in San Antonio, Texas. He says his mother and father worked hard to support the...

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