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James Gaffney discusses the details of the type of torpedo used on the PT Boat on which he was assigned as a crewman....

After the landings on Leyte, Philip Nelson returned to Hawaii. He was assigned to an amphibious training base, ATB-900...

[Annotators Note: Robert Freligh served as a TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13),...

O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour hopes that he can be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He did not suffer from post...

Murphy Burke served in World War 2 because he thought it was the thing an American should do. He feels his experience...

The first island the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) approached was Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands], and...

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

Adolph William Amundson's mission on Iwo Jima, Japan was to pick up the wounded and fly them back to a hospital on Guam...

After completing the Navy basic training program, William Hill was enrolled in the University of Chicago [Annotator’s...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. During his overseas...

Lenwood Steglich was born in September 1922 in Rosenberg, Texas. His father was a farmer and moved to Bartlett, Texas...

Edward Chinnis and his fellow sailors hated the Japanese even after the war ended. Chinnis was on occupation duty for...

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