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William C. Ellzey was born in September 1922 in Agricola, Mississippi. The oldest of nine children, he grew up on a 40-...

Joseph Daquarna was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana in May 1928. His father owned a grocery store and barroom. The family...

Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and...

Robert L. Rorschach enlisted in the Navy and attended Midshipman School at Prairie State, and spent time aboard the...

During the spring of 1943 in Jacksonville [Annotator’s Note: Jacksonville, Florida], James W. Metcalf and the other...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings' submarine [Annotator's Note: the USS Gar (SS-206)] sunk some ships and engaged in some...

When they arrived at Pearl Harobr, Air Group 6 needed one more run before they rotated home. During the trip to Truk...

In Providence, Rhode Island, Edward Driscoll joined the newly formed Torpedo Squadron 13 [Annotator's Note: Torpedo...

Melvin Munch was part of the invasion of Okinawa when it commenced on Easter Sunday in April 1945. He rode a landing...

[Annotators Note: Charles Bishop served in the navy aboard the destroyer USS Cummings (DD-365) then later aboard the...

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

On 7 December 1941, Edmund Aziz and his fiancée were watching a matinee in Detroit, Michigan. When they came out of the...

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