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- Description: ...Fred Bernhardt enlisted in the Marines at the age of 17 in early 1944. He served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as an artillery observer for naval bombardments. He also served as a guard of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Nagasaki, and was part of the post-war occupation force as an ...
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- Description: ...he discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S. and the Pacific. Serving his active duty in the Pacific Theater, Vander Veen gives one a brief but detailed perspective of what island-hopping fighting was like specifically focusing on the fighting on Okinawa. He then dis...
- Text: ...t a little atoll called Ulithi Atoll, Yap, Micronesia. Describes how it was the largest convoy invasion fleet in the Pacific Theater of WWII. The place that they met was the sight of where the aircraft carrier, [USS Franklin] had been bombed and sunk [not sunk, but very badly damaged] killi...
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- Description: ...Frank Micele was born in Grand Rapids Michigan in 1923 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1943-1946 in the Pacific Theater during World War II. During his service, he fought in the entirety of the Battle of Iwo Jima and was involved in the taking of Mt. Suribachi. After the end of the...
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- Description: ...Fred Bernhardt enlisted in the Marines at the age of 17 in early 1944. He served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as an artillery observer for naval bombardments. He also served as a guard of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Nagasaki, and was part of the post-war occupation force as an ...
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- Text: ...He remembers going to a park where there was a Triumph car show. They went to a theater and saw "Gone With The Wind". Howard and Dawson were invited to Nancy's home· for a lamb dinner. They lived in the suburbs. Howard remembers the steak and egg breakfasts at the U.S.D. and...
