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Raymond Bailey was on the mess deck washing cups when he felt the first shudder caused by the bomb hit [Annotator's...

Chester Hollingsworth was in the Pacific when the bombs were dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

Billy Grieves watches movies like Run Silent, Run Deep religiously. He feels that they are more Hollywood than reality...

Norman Sterrie thought he would be going home [Annotator's Note: he was a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo plane pilot in...

Donald Dean was born in March 1926 in Salina, Kansas. His father was in the insurance business, and the family moved...

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

O'Callahan [Annotator's Note: Medal of Honor recipient US Navy Captain Joseph T. O'Callahan] was all over the place. He...

Edgar Eugene "Gene" Fricker had his boot camp training in San Diego, California. Even though he was in the Navy, he was...

Robert Templet took his boot camp training in San Diego. The days started early for him. During his first week in...

George Joseph Sullivan moved from Mbanika [Annotator's Note: Mbanika Island, Solomon Islands] on an APC [Annotator's...

John "Jack" Raquepau was just bombing in the Gilbert [Annotator's Note: Gilbert Islands] and Marshall Islands [...

The Laffey [Annotator's Note: US Navy destroyer USS Laffey, DD-724] had new radar and sonar equipment and that put the...

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