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Elmer Koenig wanted to get out of the Navy, but he did not have enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was...

Paul J. Frisco and his fellow crewmen were not intimidated by the threat of kamikazes because of their supreme...

Adolph William Amundson recalled that by the time he arrived at the island [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the...

At the same time Rochford was getting relieved, Captain Goggin was replacing him and was on the way to take over. There...

One memorable experience that came to mind for William Beaman was when his submarine, the USS Flasher (SS-249), sank...

He walked to school and joined the "Junior Yanks" which was a program for kids run by World War 1 veterans. They met...

Buck Donaldson joined the Navy. He went to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp by train....

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

In boot camp, George Vincent Ross was initially treated as a low-life by the DI [Annotator's Note: drill instructor]....

James Smith feels there are parts of World War 2 that can be pretty instructive to the future. He believes that with...

Charles “Chuck” Franzke was born in November 1925 in Wellington, Kansas and grew up in Topeka, Kansas. His father had...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: after joining Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division on...

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