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Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. During his overseas...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. remained in the reserves after the war so that he could depart active service earlier. He...

After Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville campaign, 1 November 1943 to 21 August 1945; Bougainville, Solomon...

Jack Skaggs was born in Norman, Oklahoma in 1922. He grew up during the Great Depression. His father was a truck driver...

Dee Wayne White has vivid memories of his life on the Home Front in Richmond, California during the World War 2. From...

After the war, Lisle Neher stayed in the Reserves. He ended up with an M Day assignment, or Mobilization assignment, in...

Further into the fighting on Iwo Jima, and while going through a sniper-infested thicket, the call came for an "advance...

Hershel Hibbard recalled the process of refueling the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)]. Another ship...

While Martin Suter was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], there were still a lot of Japanese troops on...

Alvin Sniff did numerous trips to the Mediterranean Sea while he was a career Navy man. He recalled when the Navy...

From Leyte, the 7th Infantry Division went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], and Peter Gallo described...

After graduating from Officer Cadet School [Annotator's Note: at Fort Benning, Georgia], Clark Wackerman was sent to...

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