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George Joseph Sullivan went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau] in the invasion of the Philippines. There was...
James Franklin Young was shipped from Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands] to Peleliu [Annotator's Note:...
Ted Winestone was born in September 1929 in Baranowicze, Poland [Annotator's Note: now Baranovichi, Belarus]. His...
George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...
Sterling Baker was on the invasions of Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Kwajalein, Marshall Islands] and Enewetok [...
[Annotator's Note: Person offscreen interjects throughout the interview]. Harold G. Cowart and his unit headed to Maui...
Lowell Hughes was part of the invasion of Sicily in July 1943. His primary duty as part of the 120th Engineer Combat...
Lowell Hughes crossed the Atlantic from Norfolk, Virginia to Oran, Africa. The weather was great for the trip. They...
[Annotator's Note: Gerard V. Radice took part in the Battle of Attu, 11 to 30 May 1943, Attu Island, Aleutian Islands,...
In 2015, Joseph Alexander was invited by the German government to help celebrate the 70th anniversary of the liberation...
Norman Raner and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Raner served as a scout in 1st Squad, 3rd Platoon, Company I, 3rd...
Ruffin Walker Dawson [Annotator's Note: with the 51st Defense Battalion] found out he was going overseas in February...
Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands] was a morale...
George Haines was offered a promotion to sergeant, but he did not want it. He liked being a scout and figured the men...
Merrill J. Clark made a slit trench and put half a tent over the top of it [Annotator's Note: in Italy with Company K,...
Frank Golemi was sent to Civitavecchia, Italy where he trained to fly into Southern France. He was sent down to Sicily...
In Italy, William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces] would only see Italians when he was...
Joseph Roman was in Africa for a few months before going to Naples, Anzio, Apennines – all over [Annotators Note: Italy...
Joseph Pocoroba first landed in southern France and then went straight up past the French Alps. [Annotator's Note:...
John Mikus, Jr.'s rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand] did not...
After boot camp, Angelo Ciotta was sent Camp Pendleton, California for advanced training. He left there in October 1944...
When Harold Ronson got onto the beach at Iwo [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...
John Mikus, Jr. was in E Company, 26th Marines [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...
James Roland Westbrook [Annotator's Note: of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division]...
On 19 February 1945, Arthur L. Eads [Annotator's Note: as a first class shipfitter for the 133rd Naval Construction...
[Annotator's Note: Horace Trahan serevd in the Navy aboard the USS Briscoe (APA 65) in the Pacific.] They stopped in...
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was sent back to Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui, Hawaii] which was their [Annotator's Note:...
Leslie B. Mason, Junior was on MP [Annotator's Note: military police] duty for a while and then became a jailer [...
Edmond Guidry wanted to kill the Japanese for what they did. When the war ended, the United States still did not trust...
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] was eating...
[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer survived Typhoon Louise on Okinawa, Japan on 9 October 1945.] Some groups rebuilt the...
The ship Melvin Abadie was assigned to [Annotator's Note: USS Appalachian (AGC-1)] was one of 18 ships that took troops...
Jimmie Dyer and the 6th US Marine Division turned loose the kids who were training to be kamikaze pilots. Dyer later...
Thomas Francis Schicker and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...
Thomas Francis Schicker says the Japanese would put cut off heads, penises, testicles and put them on shafts. They...
Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine assigned to the Guam Insular Force Guard in Guam, Mariana Islands]...

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