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In 1940, Randall Edwards boarded the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9) in Tsingtao, China. The Canopus was a "mother...

Starnes wanted the USS Missouri to live out the rest of her days as a museum ship in San Francisco so that more school...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

Earl Wergin's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his friend was killed. He fought because he felt there...

F. Lincoln Grahlfs partially understood what Operation Crossroads [Annotator's Note: a pair of nuclear weapons tests...

Walter Nelson was only 19 years old at the time [Annotators Note: at the time of the Battle of the Coral Sea]. The USS...

Sam S. McKeel returned to the United States and was discharged from the Navy in March 1946. He enrolled in at Atlantic...

Dr. Robert Beynon thinks the war changed him. He was right out of high school. He learned that you always have a boss....

Baptiste went to the Customs House [Annotators Note: in New Orleans] on 5 February 1938 where he was selected with 6...

Sam L. Miller had no memorable experience in the Navy. It was a good and calm experience. Nothing adverse happened...

Fred L. Keller, Jr. thought Captain Joseph J. "Jocko" Clark [Annotator's Note: later US Navy Admiral Joseph J. "Jocko"...

Ralph Burch was born in August 1923 in Port Arthur [Annotator’s Note: Port Arthur, Texas]. He lived close to the canals...

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