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In the fall of 1943, When Frank M. Heuer Sr.’s course at Hall-Scott Motor Car Company [Annotator’s Note: in Berkeley,...

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

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The Thresher left port...

Louis Conter was located between the USS Arizona (BB-39)'s turrets three and four during the attack. With the terrible...

Lyle Bird asked for, and his parents granted, permission for him to enter the Navy at age 17. He attended boot camp in...

They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...

Frank George Memory was a crewman on a submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Gato (SS-212)]. The boat was about 300 feet...

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

On 18 August 1944, Frederick Grun left the United States on the HMS Empire Mace along with 200 enlisted men, a number...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

Joseph Daquana completed submarine training in New London [Annotator’s Note: New London, Connecticut]. During his...

Norman Kleiss could not see if the bombs from the next two planes hit. When he made his run, he lined up on the big red...

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