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Going into the Pacific took 19 days, zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-submarine maneuver], in a three-ship...

The level of camaraderie began to diminish because they were dealing with different people. If they hadn't gotten...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

When they got to the Marshall Islands they had to go over the side of the ship; that was a hard thing to do. He did not...

On occasion, Charles Nathan Lane would be under fire from Japanese snipers. One Japanese sniper fired at a soldier...

Walter Atwood was born Lebanon, Kansas in February 1922. He grew up on a farm. He had to milk cows before and after...

Chester Hollingsworth's sub-chaser [Annotators' Note: USS SC-990] initially deployed to perform picket duty [Annotator'...

Howard Hart had complete command over the CIA [Annotator’s Note: Central Intelligence Agency] personnel on the ground [...

When Jack Houston arrived off Okinawa he was not as afraid as he should have been. In the hours before they left the...

Dale Bates flew seven missions as an instructor before the squad was disbanded in October 1944. Bates was then...

Thomas Kolesa was told to clean up his area and get everything ship shape. General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General...

All of the barnstormers had on the boots, leather jackets and goggles and all had a bottle of spirits in the back seat...

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