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There was a radioman on Harper Gruber's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS YMS-339] who would pick up the world news and...

Robert Lowe boarded the USS Tangier (AV-8) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii [Annotator's Note: on 15 December 1941]. He wondered...

William Burkett remembers the Philippines as a pretty country. He drove everywhere. He drove a truck to Manila [...

Chester Hollingsworth's sub-chaser [Annotators' Note: USS SC-990] initially deployed to perform picket duty [Annotator'...

After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] the action really slowed down...

Mort Oman was not aware that a large battle had jut taken place when he arrived in Buna, New Guinea in June 1944. He...

Lloyd Dendy had been on a ship coming home when the war in Europe ended [Annotator's Note: 8 May 1945] and President...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for Navy service and was assigned as a radioman on the newly constructed USS Balao (SS...

William Hall reached North Island and was assigned to one of two Marine Corps fighter units being organized. Fighter...

Arthur Jackson was born in Cleveland and grew up in Canton, Ohio. His father was a watch maker and eventually ended up...

Robert Taylor slept in a hammock with netting for mosquitoes. They had tents. The chaplain was like the Red Cross guru...

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