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Once in the Navy, Arthur Fishman did not receive much training. He was taught how to read his gauges. On his way back...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) were anchored too far away from the surrender ceremony to be...

Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: Shown had become a crewman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in 1939] headed...

Jack Werner felt that he was at home when he came to the United States. It seemed that this is where he belonged. It...

When Oran Harris' ship pulled into port in New Guinea, he walked ashore just to say he had been there. But he saw no...

Lloyd Dendy was the company bootlegger on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau]. They made a still out of aluminum...

Given 30 days survivor leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Donald Herbert Shown...

A day after William Garbo and his machine gun squad successfully ambushed a group of Japanese soldiers in a mountain...

Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...

It turned out that a small piece of shrapnel had severed Burgess's spinal chord. Burgess was 18 years old. Karr had...

Louis J. Armentaro thinks that maybe he could have gotten someone killed, but he had to have his sense of decency....

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