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Hugh Wingo attended boot camp for eight weeks. They got their first liberty [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence...

Returning to his prewar life, Holly Rees remembered when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Charles Watkins Adair [Annotator's Note: with the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 5th Air Force] had a close call at Nichols...

Carl Trim says the tensest time on any trip at sea was when the captain would call everyone to general quarters [...

They returned to Pearl Harbor but didn't stay long enough for Clayton Fisher to train. He still hadn't made any dives...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

Leslie B. Mason, Junior was told he could stay in the Army, but he had no desire. He got home in September [Annotator's...

Thomas Lusco Sr. was put on the USS Tucker [Annotator’s Note: USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875)] in December [Annotator’s...

1 of the men working with Church was hard headed and clearly unhappy with their current predicament. When they were...

Harry Walker Wellford was assigned to the Harrison [Annotator's Note: USS Harrison (DD-573)] as a radar officer. He met...

The war started and 50 of Charles Wesley Borders' classmates went to Canada to join the RCAF [Annotator's Note: Royal...

From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...

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