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Clayton Fisher thinks that the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] was the great equalizer. The...

Clayton Fisher spent the next two and a half years in the training command. Once, Fisher was chasing fighters and...

Harper Gruber found boot camp very rough, but very beneficial in terms of his physical conditioning. After school, his...

After twelve weeks of training in Gulfport [Annotator's Note: Gulfport, Mississippi] Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was sent...

Fermer Kellogg had problems with his arm after the war, but he still managed to take on various types of work like...

The USS Champion (AM-314) moved to the Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] area, and Elmer Spraker said it was...

James Warren David remarked how he missed eating fresh eggs, roast beef, gravy, seafood, and cous-cous, and other Cajun...

Joseph LaNier tells others to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself. He rose to be vice-president of...

Calvin Barrick was transferred to the USS Searaven (SS-196) which was an older submarine based out of Pearl Harbor. He...

After the war, Wiley did meet the island chief's grandson and granddaughter. The relatives of the chief came to the US...

Austin H. Kiplinger experienced friendly fire in the Fall of 1944 [Annotator's Note: as a pilot with Composite...

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