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While the Laffey was undergoing training on Chesapeake Bay some of the gunners were sent to Dam Neck, Virginia for...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with a conversation between the interviewer and Donald F. Goyette who goes off...

Robert Freligh probably decided to join the navy because his brother was in the army and there was most likely some...

Fergus Van Wart was born in August 1926 in Dallas, Texas. He was an only child. He went to high school in Dallas and...

William Lee Barnes does not remember seeing the island of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], but he does...

Philip Schweitzer's first time away from home was his trip to basic training. Schweitzer thinks that at the time, the...

The following morning, Leon Williamson was sent to attack two heavy cruisers west of Midway Island [Annotator's Note:...

John Kelley took part in the raid on the Los Baños prison camp [Annotator's Note: Los Baños Internment Camp, Los Baños...

John Nicholas was a Seaman 2nd Class deck hand when he went aboard the Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)]....

Before the war, Jack Leaming had a Japanese friend in the second grade, whose parents sold Japanese clothing on the...

Jake Ussery and the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] were ordered back to San Diego. That was his base...

William Pierce looked at the invasion of Japan as just another battle. His Marine regiment [Annotator's Note: Pierce...

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