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Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...

On his very first cruise aboard the USS Copahee (CVE-12), William Sturman and the crew took supplies in to Midway [...

George Hamilton was born in April 1922 in West Monroe, Louisiana. Hamilton lived in five states before he was six years...

Martin Carmody was on Guadalcanal for two or three days. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) had gone to the harbor at Espiritu...

After the war was over, three envoys [Annotator's Note: from the government of Japan] were sent to Jack Dunlavy's ship...

At the same time Rochford was getting relieved, Captain Goggin was replacing him and was on the way to take over. There...

After he retired he played golf. He still lives in California.Childers experienced the big earthquake of 1989.

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings returned to the States [Annotator's Note: United States] and was put on a list to be a...

Billy Grieves was born in Liberty Center, Ohio. At a young age his parents moved the family to Detroit, Michigan for...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings always had a soft spot for the Marblehead [Annotator's Note: USS Marblehead (CL-12)]. It...

Walter Amoss was born in 1924 in Lake Charles [Annotator's Note: Lake Charles, Louisiana] and grew up in New Orleans [...

[Annotator's Note: Horace Trahan served in the Navy on occupation duty outside of Tokyo, Japan.] He stayed aboard ship...

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