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

Gerald Wayne Lux served in the United States Navy in the Pacific and made it to Australia and Japan. He volunteered for...

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

When the overhaul on the USS Hutchins (DD-746) was complete, Mark Brannon took off for its next assignment, operating...

Lenwood Steglich [Annotator’s Note: as a Pharmacist’s Mate 1st Class aboard the survey ship USS Bowditch (AGS-4)]...

Clyde Barber’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was his “Black Cat” operation and rescuing Australians. He...

Raymond Birdsall was born in Lockport, Louisiana. In 1941, he went over to the high school because they did not have a...

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

Joseph Townsend developed his own newspaper route. [Annotator’s Note: Townsend talks about selling newspapers.]...

Rollins Rosenzweig has a vivid memory of looking through his tail gun window as the Yamato was being attacked and...

Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) as the squadron’s...

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

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