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

Ray Eshelman knew everybody was going to be drafted. There was also a universal interest in joining the service and...

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

Frank Borrell thinks about the men he served with. They became like members of his family. Everyone tried to be friends...

[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...

James Roy Colquitt unloaded troops on the beach as the tide went out stranding his ship [Annotator’s Note: Colquitt was...

On 7 December 1941, Alfred Raymond was sleeping and someone came and woke him up to tell him that the Japanese had...

James Warren David recalled always having the supplies they needed while living on the island [Annotator's Note: on...

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

Richard Tempus Dixon's time in the Philippines was interesting. Some of the natives got hold of some hand grenades and...

Frank M. Heuer Sr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in October 1923. He grew up with three sisters and one brother....

Thomas Tizzard was assigned to the USS Denver (CL-58) and was interviewed by an officer asking what his previous jobs...

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