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One night, Floyd James Reissig called general quarters while sailors were sleeping on the deck. There was an...

David McKinley Blackwell served as a cook with the 30th Evacuation Hospital in the Pacific Theater. Not only did he...

Sam L. Miller was discharged from the Navy as a Yeoman 3rd Class [Annotator's Note: at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard...

Keith Renstrom felt like he had too much responsibility to stay with his men [Annotator's Note: even after being...

Dale Bates was born in Salem, Oregon in January 1924. Bates’ father worked in the banking industry and, as such, the...

Richard Bennett remembers that it was in the Palau Islands that his vessel had their most memorable encounters with the...

The USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) sailed among several Pacific Islands, and Elmer Spraker admitted that he was a little...

Robert G. Aldous and his crew were supposed to go to Australia on R...

On 7 December 1941, Ray Emory stayed on his gun all day and all night, without relief. After he saw the USS Oklahoma (...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...

After World War 2, Rex James Bates matured and became a more responsible person. He remarks about his time at the...

Richard Keller received a Distinguished Service Cross but he does not think he deserved it. While recovering in the...

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