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Joseph Brannan was in a crew on PT-305 that was composed of two officers and from 12 to 14 enlisted men. The enlisted...

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

After his discharge from the Navy, Raymond “Ray” Parrotta received the 52-20 club benefits [Annotator's Note: a...

Pete Brock's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the surrender of the Japanese in 1945 and when his crew...

Fulton Taylor chose the United States Navy because service there appealed to him. His older brother was already in the...

Following his liberation [Annotator's Note: from a Japanese prisoner of war camp], Howard Robert Charles arrived by air...

Marion Labauve went to New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] because he was going to be stationed in...

Other close calls John Cassidy remembers included a night when two bombers flew so low, in diversionary tactics while...

"PB" Snyder was born in Vernon, Texas in June 1927. His father was an independent drilling contractor and moved the...

John Cassidy recalled a regular day in his division included an early rise, a shower, breakfast and "quarters" which...

Claude Bufford Shaw was born in Marie, Arkansas, in 1918. When his Midshipman class graduated on 13 December 1941, he...

William Beaman was born in October 1924 in Dayton, Ohio, the only boy of three children. His father died when he was...

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