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A kamikaze hit Jack Dunlavy's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Missouri (BB-63)] on 11 April [Annotator's Note: 11 April...

Paul Ignatius did not have post-traumatic stress or nightmares from his experiences in World War 2. He is proud of his...

[Annotator's Note: Fergus Van Wart served in the Navy as a coxswain aboard the USS Bergen (APA-150).] Okinawa [...

Harry Watson described the daily routine of the Segundo [Annotator's Note: USS Segundo (SS-398)]. They would surface at...

Joseph Townsend joined the service because his aunt who was a Marine convinced him to join. He is military-oriented and...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was stationed near the tower for dive submarines [Annotator's Note: in Pearl Harbor,...

Karr grew up in West Virginia in a little town called Mannington. His father and his relatives worked in the oil fields...

Emmett Guderian's Navy career gave him all kinds of new experiences, from world travel to intense emotions. He...

Claude Bufford Shaw didn't come immediately back to the United States when the war ended as he was making a career of...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

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

Frank V. Tarkington joined the Indiana National Guard, but was kicked out because it came to light that he was too...

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