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Claude Bufford Shaw spent his entire wartime service in the Pacific, except for two short trips to the United States to...

When Calvin Barrick was going to submarine school in New London he signed up for the Navy's V-12 program which was...

Peter Hebert served on Manicani Island [Annotator’s Note: Manicani Island, Leyte, the Philippines] after the war where...

The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...

When David Harvey heard that the war had ended, they had 1,500 planes up off the carriers. The British and Russians had...

Vejtasa could see the Lexington on fire but still recovering planes. The Yorktown was also burning but recovering...

Joseph Fisher was born in January 1925 in Marshall, Texas. He had one brother who was two years older. He went through...

Patrick Zilliacus was born in May 1926 in Helsinki, Finland. Life growing up was fantastic. His parents divorced when...

[Annotator's Note: Emil Schoonejans served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Burrfish (SS-312) and was rated a...

Gordon Tadewaldt was born in June 1926 in Aurora, Illinois. He was one of five children. When his father lost his job...

William Roy captured film of Japanese bombers attacking the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] that was not...

James William Grimes had a discussion with his parents [Annotator's Note: about changing his date of birth on his birth...

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