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Mitchel, Lyle Stationed at Pearl Harbor
Lyle Mitchell remembers there were some ships that would never be repaired [Annotator’s Note: he is referring to the...
Carroll, Wesley Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Wesley Carroll was born in Slidell, Louisiana in 1922. He grew up there, and graduated from high school in 1939, after...
Labauve, Marion War's End
Marion Labauve went to Avondale Shipyard [Annotator's Note: in Bridge City, Louisiana] after the war. It was dangerous...
Thornhill, Jack Firepower and Improvisation
Jack Thornhill went to see the destroyer on exhibit in Baton Rouge [Annotator's Note: the USS Kidd (DD-661)]. Even...
Lebow, Cleatus Rescued From the Pacific
Sharks began circling the group of survivors, and Cleatus Lebow said the predators were attacking men who broke away...
Carson, Benjamin Iwo Jima
Benjamin Carson had never heard of Iwo Jima before he was told that the Marines would be invading that part of Japan....
Guercia, Salvador Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Salvador Guercia was born in February 1926 in Long Beach, Mississippi. He lived on his grandfather's farm until he was...
Grimes, James Duties and Assignment to the Hornet
James William Grimes was assigned as a mess cook. He was very young [Annotator's Note: he was only 16 years old, but...
Smith, Thomas Being a Scout and Runner
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was out scouting [Annotator's Note: as part of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment,...
Cain, Howard Joining and Training in the Air Corps
In 1944 as a senior in high school, Howard Cain avoided the draft by enlisting in the Army Air Force. He was gung-ho...
Garbo, William Several Weeks in a Hospital
After over a week in combat on a mountain ridge, William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry...

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