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Robert Swan and three other guys in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Patrol Squadron 44 (VP-44)] rented a house. Each...

During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

After his induction in Little Rock [Annotator's Note: Little Rock, Arkansas], Carl Trim was sent to Farragut, Idaho for...

Frederick Jenkins was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He grew up in the fields. His father was a college...

Adolfo V. Celaya was taken aboard the Basset [Annotator’s Note: USS Bassett (APD-73), which rescued 154 survivors of...

Pete Brock was discharged from the Navy in Seattle, Washington in June 1946 with the rating of signalman third class....

Alex Vraciu lost his wing man, Brockmeyer [Annotators Note: US Navy Ensign Homer Brockmeyer] out over the Japanese...

Allen Horton was born in 1921 in Middletown, Connecticut, a congregational minister's son. His father's profession...

Ewalt "Walt" Shatz fired the machine guns [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Patterson (DD-392)] for the first time...

[Annotator's Note: The audio and video freeze throughout this clip.] Before VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over...

The Laffey [Annotator's Note: US Navy destroyer USS Laffey, DD-724] had new radar and sonar equipment and that put the...

Leon Griffith had a Tommy gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun] on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte...

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