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Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 6
When Blanchard's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Franklin, CV-13] was attacked he didn't realize how close they were to...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 6
There was a problem on Midway with producing fresh water. It was solved by evaporators and other techniques that were...
Benario, Janice "Janice Martin" Segment 6
Janice Benario met her future husband at a Latin seminar at Johns Hopkins. Benario’s husband took a position at Emory...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 6
They had the Evans floating and had an auxiliary generator running; that meant lights and refrigeration. They were...
Wahlen, George Segment 6
Wahlen said he hesitated talking about the war when he came home, but sometimes the pressure was put on him to talk....
Karr, Robert Segment 6
They went directly into Ormoc Bay [Annotator's Note: Philippines]. Once the troops landed the kamikazes started to...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 6
When the Laffey left Pearl Harbor she was assigned as a escort for an old battleship heading out into the Pacific to...
Ward, Harold Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Crain, Joe Segment 6
Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 6
The USS New Orleans [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS New Orleans, CA32] was a sister ship to the San...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 6
The ship spent a few days in San Diego. When the Yorktown had passed through the Panama Canal, Vejtasa had been...
Crain, Joe Segment 6
There were a lot of events that did not make a lasting impression on Crain. He cannot recall the troops he brought in...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 6
As they went out, they saw a lone destroyer or possibly a light cruiser. They went to find the carrier but they did not...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 6
Lepla took off with the strike group on the morning of the Battle of Santa Cruz [Annotator's Note: 26 October 1942]....
Wiley, Delmar Segment 6
Wiley was put into a shack and slept the night there. That night he met the Chief of the tribe and was taken to a...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 6
Baptiste was involved in 12 or 14 different battles in the Solomons. They lost heavily on the heavy cruisers like the...
Starnes, James Segment 6
Starnes has thought about the night the USS Boise ambushed the Tokyo Express many times. He had a sense of apprehension...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 6
Most of the tests had to do with navigation. They got off of the ship in Pearl Harbor. Eventually Earnest was told that...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 6
The planes all arrived about the same time. They then steamed north.The men knew that the Japanese had sent an armada...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 7
In Seattle the ship was opened to the pubic to try to convince them to keep working hard. Ari Phoutrides believes that...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 7
Ferrier did not like the way they were awarding flight orders to the crewman. Ferrier made his boss well aware of that...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 7
Alexander Vraciu and the other members of his squadron [Annotators Note: Fighting Squadron 16 (VF 16)] were in their...
Brooks, Howard Segment 7
The men got up before daylight and took their mess kits and lined up for some soup. Then they immediately lined up in...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 7
By the time the second strike was launched, the first attack on Hiryu [Annotator's Note: Japanese aircraft carrier...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 7
The Yorktown [Annotator’s Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] ended up getting the worst of it in the form of aerial and...
Karr, Robert Segment 7
They were escorting 1 of the carriers and their flight crew. Their flight crew got caught out at night. They attempted...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 7
Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...
Ward, Harold Segment 7
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Crain, Joe Segment 7
Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 7
James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 7
Vejtasa made several raids prior to the Battle of the Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: 4-8 May 1942]. After Tulagi, they...
Crain, Joe Segment 7
The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 7
Hopkins was aboard the Hornet when they were under attack. It was quite an attack. The first few bombs knocked out the...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 7
The fighters rendezvoused with the SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber], then had to look after...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 7
Wiley discussed how the natives found a large canoe that they could use. They filled the holes in the canoe with sap...

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