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After action in the Marshall Islands [Annotator's Note: Marshall Islands Campaign, 29 January to 22 February 1944,...

Back in the United States, the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) went into dry dock, and Lebow went to Texas on leave [Annotator...

Melvin Munch was discharged in 1946. He had volunteered to be the unit baker while on Okinawa because the traditional...

Willard Ashford [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the 134th Naval Construction Battalion in Guam] was preparing to invade...

Paul Sparacino thought the explosions were unreal [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5)...

Frederick Ellis had seven 40mm guns [Annotator's Note; Bofors 40mm automatic cannon] and 12 20mm guns [Annotator's Note...

Wallace McKay was transferred to the USS Henry T. Allen (APA-15). On that ship, McKay became a signalman again. He...

When Astley Blackwell got in the water he realized that his life belt had a hole in it. He grabbed a keg which had come...

Louis Andriano was discharged from the Navy in June 1946. He took advantage of the G.I. Bill to an extent. He went to a...

After Norman Elliott was discharged from the Navy, he did not go back to school. He joined the 52-20 club [Annotator's...

Kenneth W. Theis was born on 16 February 1923 in East St. Louis, Illinois. The family moved to Amarillo, Texas when he...

Wiley discussed how the natives found a large canoe that they could use. They filled the holes in the canoe with sap...

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