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James Thomas Womack was born in January 1921 in Naples, Texas. He was one of six children. During the Great Depression...

One of the guys that James Ramage was flying with looked back at one of the burning Japanese carriers and said, "Look...

After American troops assaulted the Philippines, John Gehrett [Annotator's Note: as a Supply Officer of a Navy D2...

Raymond Gimbut joined the crew of the Selfridge [Annotator's Note: USS Selfridge (DD-357)]. He thought it was a good...

Sam S. McKeel dropped out of high school at age 16 to enlist in the Navy during World War 2. He knew he was going to...

Harry Watson said describing life aboard a submarine can be confusing to someone who isn't qualified. Once qualified, a...

Joseph Brannan was based for a time in Leghorn, Italy as the city was called in English. It is referred to as Livorno...

Delewski still hears from different people from the Laffey. After the war he took advantage of the G.I. Bill and got...

Richard O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane] gave William Leibold a nice 35mm...

Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally. When Crain was on the transport ship...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

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