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Wilbur Rogers was born in August 1925 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, the youngest of six boys and three girls. His wasn't a...

Between graduating from college and beginning the program at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland,...

Pete Brock was born in April 1926 in Columbia, South Carolina. He grew up with a twin brother and two sisters. His...

Alex Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group was...

Norman Elliott and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Pasadena (CL-65)] saw some action while in the Pacific. They had...

Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States and joined his father in a one-bedroom apartment in Tucson [Annotator’s...

[Annotator's Note: Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson served in the Navy in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6) and took...

Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. was deployed to the Pacific Theater as an aviation metalsmith with Aircraft Repair Unit 145 (ARU...

[Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless...

Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

At Midway, Robert Swan was classified as a first pilot and navigator. The patrol plane commander was Jack Reid. Swan...

Wallace Spencer remembers the air groups and the pilots stayed away from the sailors. In one attack, all the colored...

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