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Davis, Charles First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Charles Davis has many observations about the number 13, which he considers lucky nowadays.
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Davis, Charles Guadalcanal
From the New Hebrides, Charles Davis said they [Annotator's Note: the USS Helena (CL-50)] proceeded with two aircraft carriers to Guadalcanal
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Davis, Charles Heading Out to Sea
At 16, Charles Davis was one of 1,200 men, including his brother, a Marine, who boarded the USS Helena (CL-50) on New Year's Day [Annotator
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Davis, Charles Home and Iwo Jima
About eight months after the Helena went down [Annotator's Note: the USS Helena (CL-50) was sunk during the Battle of Kula Gulf on 6 July 1943
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Davis, Charles Loss of the USS Juneau (CL-52)
Charles Davis was a witness to everything that happened during the night of 13 November [Annotator's Note: 13 November 1942], and in the morni
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Davis, Charles Okinawa
Charles Davis went on USS LCI-1023 to Okinawa where the Kamikazes were really bad.
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Davis, Charles Pearl Harbor, Enlistment and Assignment to the USS Helena (CL-50)
Charles Davis clearly remembers the day Pearl Harbor was bombed.
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Davis, Edna Life with the WASPs
[Annotator's Note: Edna Davis had completed the Civilian Pilot Training Program and wanted to join the US Army Air Corps.] Edna Davis could no
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Davis, Edna Loss of a Friend
When Edna Davis got to Sweetwater, Texas [Annotator's Note: Avenger Field], she was in the first group there. It was a typical western town.
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Davis, Edna Prewar to Pilot
Edna Davis was born in September 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. She lived there until she was seven when her father died, then she moved to California.
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Davis, Edna The Japanese
Edna Davis did not pay particular attention to the war other than the loss of people. War has changed but she is not sure for better or worse.
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Davis, Edna The War Ends
When the WASPs [Annotator's Note: Women Airforce Service Pilots] were dismissed, it had to be logical since there were all of these people com