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Robert Lents was born in October 1921 on a farm in South Creston, Iowa where he grew up and worked on a big farm his...

After leaving the scene of the USS Laffey (DD-724) and before reaching his carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Shamrock Bay...

James Shelton Scales was a battalion commander [Annotator's Note: of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Robert S. Gibbs was assigned to fleet maneuvers at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, aboard the USS...

John Geiger was security for the officer while on missions. They took the officer wherever he wanted to go. Every...

David Fisher and his crewmates, flew night combat missions off the island of Guam. Originally designed as a high-...

As soon Philip Mayer got off the boat [Annotator's Note: in Melbourne, Australia], he was ordered to help extinguish a...

[Annotator's Note: There is a person in the background moving about the room throughout this clip.] Bette C. Horstman...

William J. Twigger was training on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944]...

Louis Conter and the VP-11 [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 11] Catalinas [Annotator's Note: Consolidated PBY...

Mark Maynard [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] sailed from Pearl Harbor to Midway to top off fuel...

The second and final time Floyd Fogg was wounded, the Marines were taking Hill 515 for the fifth time. They were...

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