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Carey Suratt was born in July 1926 in Dennison, Ohio. His father worked for the Pennsylvania railroad as a fireman. His...

Carl Trim was born in Greenville, Mississippi in September 1926. His parents divorced soon after and Trim and his...

Karr believed that Admiral Becton [Annotator's Note: F. Julian Becton was the Commander of the Laffey] was a very, very...

Marion Labauve went to Avondale Shipyard [Annotator's Note: in Bridge City, Louisiana] after the war. It was dangerous...

As an Air Captain aboard ship [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet (CV-12)], Stewart W. Robinson was responsible for...

Robert Templet wanted to attend college after his service, but he married and had children and his plans changed. He...

Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was born in Rochester, New York in May 1927. His father worked with a railroad company, and...

It took Blanchard quite a while to get topside. There was a lot of smoke. The men had to move to get away from it all....

Norman Elliott was born in November 1926 and raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. He had an older brother. Their...

Vernon Micheel flew his first combat mission off the Hornet [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Bombing Squadron 2 (VB-2...

Returning to the Pacific on the USS Brown (DD-546), John Cassidy participated in the invasion of Okinawa. He was there...

Ralph Burch remembers they had to be out on watch. [Annotator’s Note: The video starts to have audio problems.] He...

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