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David Harvey was born in September 1926. [Annotator's Note: Harvey says he was born "around here" but the town name is...

David Thomason was born in October 1925. He had four brothers and grew up on a farm outside of Fountain Inn [Annotator'...

After the invasion of Guam [Annotator's Note: the Battle of Guam, 21 July to 10 August 1944; Guam, Mariana Islands],...

After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...

Walter Bank used the G.I. Bill for graduate school at WPI [Annotator's Note: Worcester Polytechnic Institute in...

Fergus Van Wart was born in August 1926 in Dallas, Texas. He was an only child. He went to high school in Dallas and...

Earnest then had to make a decision, he was already a 2nd lieutenant in the Army but he was not sure if he wanted to be...

Gene Alair received some schooling at government expense back when he was married. He had been sent back to Harvard...

[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...

The navy commander leading the Hornet's [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet, CV-8] air group was responsible for the deaths...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. One of the last...

Ray Felts got orders to go back to Port Hueneme, California where he was updating records, and noticed the Navy was...

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