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Arthur Smith says that when they were sinking Japanese luggers [Annotator's Note: slang for cargo ships], the often...

Wesley Waggoner had a recommendation to join the Navy SeaBees or Construction Battalion [Annotator’s Note: Waggoner and...

Gene Alair went in and out of Guadalcanal many times. Nothing really stands out to him about it other than he lost a...

Frederick Ellis had a roommate at Tulane [Annotator's Note: Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana] named Eddie...

After he had joined the Navy, it was a shock for Ben Ray Bost to leave home and get into uniform. Everything was free...

Paul Sartori Jr. went home on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] and then went...

Gene Alair went into Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Invasion of Lingayen, Philippines, 6 January 1945], the spot...

Frederick Ellis was sent to Hollandia, New Guinea. He recalls that they were not slated to go on the Leyte [Annotator's...

Ben Ray Bost had a new captain come aboard [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316] after Captain Fritsch [Annotator's Note...

Ralph Marcarelli was aboard an LST [Annotator's Note: landing ship, tank] when he ventured around many islands to...

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

Ben Ray Bost's most memorable experiences of the war are his two combat landings at Ormoc [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

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