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Everett Hyland was born in Stamford, Connecticut in March 1923. His father died when he was one year old. He had one...

Howard Robert Charles was part of the prisoner of war force that worked 14 months on building the Burma Railroad from...

When Edward Chinnis reported aboard the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Dorchester (APB-46)], there was a third class...

After the war, Wiley did meet the island chief's grandson and granddaughter. The relatives of the chief came to the US...

Starnes grew up in Decatur, Georgia. His father was a travelling salesman. By the time he started school he was living...

Stewart Bass was aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) when the Japanese kamikazes continuously attacked over the course of 51...

Loren Bennett stayed out at sea for about two or three months after the war was over. He was ready to get out of the...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt worked in an art studio for an artist. He made picture frames and sometimes was used as a model....

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

When Harold Long graduated from Harvard [Annotator's Note: Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts], he was...

After the war ended, James Buckley got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-1013] five times. One was in San...

Buck Donaldson was born in August 1925 in Grant Parish, Louisiana. He was the fifth child. His father was a doctor and...

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