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Jack Thornhill was born in Alexandria [Annotator's Note: Alexandria, Louisiana] in 1926. In 1932 the family moved to...

The invasion of the Admiralty Islands [Annotator's Note: Admiralty Islands Campaign, Operation Brewer, 29 February to...

On the morning of the battle, Vejtasa was flying CAP. Jimmy Flately and Johnny Leppla were flying escort for the...

The USS Shamrock Bay (CVE-84) joined with another carrier, the USS Kitkun Bay (AVG-71), headed for Leyte in the...

Claire Maddox went ashore [Annotator's Note: as a member of ACORN-21, after the Battle of Eniwetok, 17 to 23 February...

George Joseph Sullivan went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau] in the invasion of the Philippines. There was...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] There was nothing...

When he was still 100 miles out from his carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6)], the primitive radar in...

Murphy Burke made good, lasting friendships while in the Navy, and when he got out, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill...

When he was fighting the Japanese in the Pacific, Olaf Rose hated the enemy, but as the years have gone by, he admits...

Thomas Lusco Sr. was put on the USS Tucker [Annotator’s Note: USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875)] in December [Annotator’s...

James D. Comeaux’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was watching the massacre of U.S. troops on Okinawa [...

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