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Upon completing his training, Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (...

Robert Templet believes that there was a lack of preparation for an enemy attack at Pearl Harbor during the weeks...

Philip Curran volunteered for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953]. He has often...

Lenwood Steglich never talked about his time in the Navy. His family never asked him about it. His three grandchildren...

Emil Schoonejans volunteered for service in the Navy. He originally wanted to go into the air force. He and a buddy...

Stewart Bass participated in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato on 7 April 1945. Weather conditions were not...

Clarence Robert Duff remembered that during World War 2, his ship rode out three typhoons. The last one was in December...

[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA-38...

Dale Peterson served on two different cruisers, the USS San Diego (CL-53) and the USS San Juan (CL-54). His battle...

Martin Suter was sent to Colgate University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York], where he took part a pilot...

James Paul Lynch had a wonderful experience on the Snook [Annotator's Note: USS Snook (SS-279)]. They had fine officers...

When they were heading to Tonga, Fred Bergeron and the rest of his air group were dropped off in Fiji. They flew some...

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