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Griffith, Ralph Battle of Corregidor
Already in the Philippines when Pearl Harbor was attacked, Ralph Griffith was ordered to his wartime position on Corregidor.
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Griffith, Ralph Describing Captivity
Ralph Griffith said the worst part of being a prisoner was the uncertainty. They never got any news.
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Griffith, Ralph Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Ralph Griffith was born in March 1923 in Hannibal, Missouri, one of four children. His father was an iron worker with the WPA.
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Griffith, Ralph Liberation
The Japanese captors held the prisoners' mail and Red Cross packages until the war was over, and Ralph Griffith didn't get his mother
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Griffith, Ralph Reflections
Ralph Griffith was moved on a hospital ship from Manchuria to Okinawa and there he ran into friends he knew before the war.
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Griffith, Ralph Taken Prisoner and Shipped to China
When they heard news of the surrender, Ralph Griffith and his fellow soldiers destroyed their rifles and proceeded to Malinta Tunnel.
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Grimes, James Duties and Assignment to the Hornet
James William Grimes was assigned as a mess cook.
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Grimes, James Prewar Life and Enlisting in the Navy
James William Grimes was born in November 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Grimes, James Reflections
James William Grimes had a discussion with his parents [Annotator's Note: about changing his date of birth on his birth certificate so he coul
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Grimes, James Returning Home and Postwar Life
James William Grimes kept in touch with his family by writing letters occasionally.
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Grimes, James The Philippines, Guam, and China
James William Grimes [Annotator's Note: assigned to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 45 (CASU 45) aboard the USS Hornet (CV-12)] was transferred
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Grimes, Vernon Early Life and Becoming an Airman
Vernon Grimes was born in May 1921 in Wichita [Annotator's Note: Wichita, Kansas]. He grew up with a sister in various places in the country.