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Alvin Barnes rode out a typhoon off Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. The ship [Annotator's Note: USS Purdy (...

For Paul Hilliard, The National WWII Museum obtaining an SBD [Annotators Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] is a...

John Mikus, Jr. was with the old paratroopers on Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Battle of Vella Lavella, 15 August to...

Paul J. Frisco enlisted in the Navy because of his father's service during World War 1 and because of the Navy's...

Giles Bacon remembers that the Japanese aircraft were close enough to shoot at, which he did. He had no idea if he hit...

Upon completing his training, Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (...

Jack Yusen still frequently thinks about the men who died [Annotator's Note: when his ship, the USS Samuel B. Roberts (...

Ray Camp was born in December 1924 in Friendship, Tennessee. He lived there on a farm until he got drafted. He received...

George A. Damiano recalled the rainy weather while on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], and that it was hard...

Robert E. McGovern was born in October 1926 in Flint, Michigan. His parents were from Lebanon, Pennsylvania and his...

The heat of our bodies is what saved their lives. They had charcoal heaters but were not given any charcoal. It was...

During the days following their [Annotator's Note: Harlan Twible and the other survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35...

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