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William Cart and some other men who worked on the carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-10), on display at...

Martin Carmody was raised in California and was a senior at San Jose State University. His family had lived there for...

Glen Kuskie had just made it to shore after surviving a Hell ship that was sunk by the Americans. [Annotator's Note:...

Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...

Richard O'Hara and his father were in the kitchen and heard the news of the bombing of Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Louis J. Armentaro was drafted even though he wanted to go prove himself. They told him he was underweight and would...

Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...

Ray Felts got orders to go back to Port Hueneme, California where he was updating records, and noticed the Navy was...

Wesley Waggoner had a recommendation to join the Navy SeaBees or Construction Battalion [Annotator’s Note: Waggoner and...

It took Blanchard quite a while to get topside. There was a lot of smoke. The men had to move to get away from it all....

Chuck feels that a lot of veterans have embellished their prisoner of war experience. He felt as if it was not that bad...

Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...

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