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It was decided that the Laffey was going to head to Washington, DC and be tied up next to the Naval Gun Factory. The...

[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of motion pictures clips he captured during the Battle of Midway in...

In the early summer of 1945, Jack D. Owen [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the USS Colusa (APA-74) as the radar striker]...

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

Roy Stewart and his unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] entered the "amphitheater...

Garland Bath was born in January 1925 in Evans County, Georgia in a log cabin. He attended school there. He got his...

From Fort Custer, Harold DeForest was sent to Camp Wheeler, Georgia for 13 weeks of basic training. They were on the...

There was no homecoming reception in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], other than some high...

Fred Wesighan and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division]...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Baile served in the USAAF as a flight engineer on B-29 bombers in the 9th Bombardment Group...

While the ships were circling, Hershel Williams had to use the bathroom, which was essentially a pump that circulated...

Walter Nelson recognized that they were close enough that they could have bailed over Australia if they needed to. From...

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