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Leo Praetorius recalls that on his next cruise the pilots found landing at night difficult because of a poor lighting...

John Laster said he would not like to go back through it, but his service during World War 2 was quite an experience,...

Raymond Downs and a historian wrote a book about the experience. He collected his mother's, father's, and sister's...

After his return [Annotator's Note: from a convoy run to Russia], Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. took some time off and then...

After Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands], Raymond Gimbut sailed to California, then to the...

Frank Kubiak reveals incidents that occurred with his shipmates. Some instances involved risky activities that could...

When asked what it was like flying in the TBF [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers aircraft], Leo...

Describing his patrol duties in the Pacific, Bennett Sparks spoke of the initial testing of SONAR [Annotator's Note:...

When he finished administrative school in Denver, Colorado, Ben Epstein was shipped to Saint Louis, Missouri to a...

At the beginning of the war, the ships [Annotator's Note: United States Merchant Marine ships] traveled by themselves...

James Anthony Gabour enlisted in the National Guard [Annotator's Note: in 1941] and then he was eventually transferred...

At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: 7 December 1941], Richard Ryan was stationed at the naval...

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