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Clarence Robert Duff recalled the USS Benham (DD-796) was on picket duty the night the first atomic bomb was dropped....

When the Japanese came ashore they had battleships, planes, and superior equipment. Church and his men were using .30...

Mark John Maynard served on USS Sturgeon (SS-187), USS Marlin (SS-204), and USS Cobbler (SS-344) during World War Two....

Earl Wergin's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his friend was killed. He fought because he felt there...

Edward Bruce Jennings was born in December 1924 in Port Arthur, Texas. At his age, children did not worry about the...

Marvin Tyson went to college under the G.I. Bill at New York University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York]. He...

Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...

Upon returning to the United States in January 1946 from serving in the Merchant Marine, Dee Wayne White signed up to...

Jack Glass believes that good commanders made the USS Enterprise (CV-6) such a good ship. There was hardly anyone in...

While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Gerry Jones was called over the radio to search for some Japanese...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

Homer Myers flew the T-17 Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet primary trainer aircraft] in...

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