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Clayton Fisher thinks that the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] was the great equalizer. The...

Jack Leaming arrived in Tokyo after the Japanese surrender and was put aboard a hospital ship. They were stripped naked...

James Paul Lynch went out to sea as officer of the deck the first time [Annotator's Note: on the USS Snook (SS-279) on...

James Paul Lynch's skipper [Annotator's Note: his captain, aboard the USS Snook (SS-279)], Chuck Triebel [Annotator's...

Emil Kesselman’s discharge date was set for August 1950 and he went home to New York, and to work at Brillo [Annotator’...

James Warren David believed that World War 2 was a patriotic war and people were very positive at the time. The war...

Joseph LaNier tells others to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself. He rose to be vice-president of...

Clyde Barber was a member of Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) which flew PBYs [Annotator’s Note: Consolidated PBY Catalina]...

Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...

Windom Joseph Burton was aboard the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6)] when it was hit by enemy...

After Gerald Wayne Lux was in boot camp [Annotator’s Note: in Farragut Naval Training Station near Bayview, Idaho in...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

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