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Philip Curran was born in May 1927 on Orrs Island, Maine. He had two brothers and one sister. His father was a mate on...

Francis Bucher knows he cannot cover everything in two hours. The Army flew P-40s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan shipped out of San Diego, California to New Caledonia aboard the USS...

Harold Buell attended Parsons College in Iowa [Annotator's Note: Fairfield, Iowa] on an athletic scholarship. He was an...

Mitchell Zimmer attended boot camp at Newport, Rhode Island. He went to special training in San Diego. He was assigned...

Paul J. Murphy got into the water which was covered with oil and black tar [Annotator’s Note: he had just abandoned the...

Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...

Interviewer asks Delewski if his experience on the Laffey changed him. On the day that all of this happened [Annotator'...

James Born installed water units that changed saltwater to fresh water for various buildings like barracks, bases, and...

Marvin Hill had a famous bandleader aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748)]. Eddie Duchin...

When Ralph Weymouth left Guadalcanal he returned to the United States. He was flown to Noumea where he boarded the SS...

Baptiste feels that a lot of talent was lost by the navy segregating them. He used to talk to his officers about it.He...

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