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

On December 7th [Annotator's Note: 7 December 1941], Robert Erskine Hendricks [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th...

After basic training, Robert J. "Bob" Brasel went to Camp Irwin [Annotator's Note: now Fort Irwin in San Bernardino...

Joseph Townsend joined the service because his aunt who was a Marine convinced him to join. He is military-oriented and...

Childers went to the yeoman and requested a transfer form. He typed up the request and asked to be assigned to Torpedo...

William Jackson was first sent to Miami Beach [Annotator's Note: Miami Beach, Florida] following his induction. He...

James Oney left New Caledonia at midnight with a destroyer escort. They arrived three days later in the Russell Islands...

Wiley grew up during the Great Depression and he joined the Navy in 1940 just shortly after he graduated from high...

Wanda Damberg had relatives in Holland during the German occupation [Annotator’s Note: the German sweep into Holland...

Vejtasa made several raids prior to the Battle of the Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: 4-8 May 1942]. After Tulagi, they...

Ben Kuroki grew up with Caucasian friends. There were only a few Japanese American families around at the time. The...

Ernest Cowell was born in January 1927 in Los Angeles, Hollywood [Annotator's Note: Los Angeles, California]. His...

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