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Peter Newberg did not have much choice in abandoning ship [Annotator's Note: after the USS Yorktown (CV-5) was mortally...

Floyd James Reissig, known as Buddy, was born in Travis County, outside of Austin, Texas in March 1919. His father was...

James Paul Lynch was on the Wainwright [Annotator's Note: USS Wainwright (DD-419)] until June 1942 in the North...

Jack Werner's worst experience in the war was not viewing dead bodies at Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Clyde Barnhart [Annotator's Note: a mechanic serving on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands with the 883rd Bombardment...

Norman Sterrie thought he would be going home [Annotator's Note: he was a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo plane pilot in...

Donald Hoff's plane was not bothered [Annotator's Note: by Japanese fighters during the second strike of the Battle of...

After action in the Marshall Islands [Annotator's Note: Marshall Islands Campaign, 29 January to 22 February 1944,...

Dr. Robert Beynon thinks the war changed him. He was right out of high school. He learned that you always have a boss....

Melvin Munch was introduced to the Navy in boot camp in San Diego. It was rough. Getting up early each morning to begin...

George Joseph Bertucci wanted to improve his education after the military. He received his GED and then went to air...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

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