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William Currier was born in Westbrook, Maine in 1926. He grew up with two brothers and was raised by his parents....

Robert D. Shaner opted to get out of the Navy and had not really given thought to staying in. He wanted to become a...

Hershel Hibbard was born in Rose Hill, Kansas in September 1925. His mother worked as a switchboard operator and his...

Adolfo V. Celaya was born in Florence, Arizona in May 1927. He had one brother and two sisters. Celaya was the oldest...

In Seattle the ship was opened to the pubic to try to convince them to keep working hard. Ari Phoutrides believes that...

During the days following their [Annotator's Note: Harlan Twible and the other survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35...

The worst duty for Vernon Micheel was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as a Douglas SBD...

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) accompanied a Task Force that included the USS Franklin (CV-13) offshore of...

Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...

Myron J. Carraway served in Hawaii until June 1942. He then sailed to the Aleutian Islands based out of Kodiak [...

[Annotator's Note: Fred Bergeron served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner in a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber in...

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