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In October 1942, William S. “Bill” Beamish enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was inducted in San Pedro [Annotator’s...

Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) were with Admiral Spruance [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral Raymond...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

Richard Lafleur was born in December 1926 in Bemidji, Minnesota. He was there until he was about 15, when his parents...

George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...

William J. Twigger's duty [Annotator's Note: with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division]...

Adolph William Amundson was born in November 1923 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. He lived in a small town, but there...

Martin Suter was in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] when he heard about the atomic bomb strikes....

When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...

James Ramage was at Pearl Harbor when the Battle of Midway took place. He was not aboard ship at the time. The...

Richard Welch joined the Navy in November 1944 and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training [Annotator's Note: Naval...

On the way out of the United States, Joseph F. McGee Junior reunited with his old high school football coach in Hawaii...

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