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Francis Borrell's first cruise was in the Atlantic Ocean. Borrell believes Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator...

Harvey Mittleman [Annotator's Note: with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion, also known as Seabees] was shipped from...

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter pilot with Fighting Squadron 22 (VF-22) aboard...

Alvin Barnes was temporarily assigned to the USS Indianapolis [Annotator's Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] for one day...

Harold Zeringer and several of his friends decided to enlist in the United States Navy on 9 December 1941, just a few...

After doing shore duty for a couple weeks, Lincoln Grahlfs was transferred to Guam [Annotator’s Note: Northern Marianas...

Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] was glad to see the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS...

Connick and the USS Lander [Annotator's Note: APA-178] brought supplies to Naha Beach on Okinawa. At one point they...

Alexander Vraciu was on a mission with a flight of 12 aircraft when he noticed five Zeros [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi...

William Leibold never stopped believing that he would make it home to his wife. The reunion with his wife on his parent...

Robert D. Shaner's mom was German and was upset with the Germans after the First World War and her German relatives who...

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