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They missed the Battle of the Coral Sea. They were told that the Lexington was sunk and the Yorktown was damaged....

The planes did not form up, instead they headed out one by one. They also did not go up to their normal cruising height...

David Harvey would be assigned liberty depending on what side of the ship he was on, port or starboard. Passes were...

David Heath was told the Marines could not use a man with a hole in his stomach, so he was shipped back to Camp...

George A. Damiano recalls an incident where his comrade, Blacky [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity], was hit...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior was born in February 1925 in Brewton, Alabama. He had a brother and sister....

Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

Glenn Frazier was born in Fort Deposit, Alabama in 1924. He grew up during the Great Depression, but since his family...

Bill Norberg remembers Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] exerting his power prior to the start of...

Before VJ Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Joseph Daquana was reassigned to the USS...

Floyd James Reissig was a Petty Officer 3rd Class in the Navy. He served as a Coxswain [Annotator's Note: person in...

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