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[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The Thresher left port...

Jack Dunlavy came back for Navy Day [Annotator's Note: 27 October 1945]. He thought he wanted to stay in the Navy but...

Jack D. Samuelson continued at Occidental [Annotator’s Note: he was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles,...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson entered the Navy in May 1945 at the age of 17 and did basic training at Great Lakes Naval...

William Sturman's battalion was in Inchon [Annotator's Note: Inch'ŏn, Korea]. His skipper [Annotator's Note: nickname...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

After the war, Robert L. Rorschach stayed on his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Pickaway (APA-222)] until a replacement...

Frank V. Tarkington was born in March 1916 in Oakland, California. He was orphaned, as his mother died when he was...

Cleatus Lebow was born in 1924 in Happy, Texas. He grew up as one of 11 children during the Great Depression, but, as a...

In April 1940, Jack Holder enlisted in the Navy and completed bootcamp in San Diego, California. Boot camp was...

After the war, Richard H. Kerr enlisted into the regular Navy and remained in service for 30 years. His first...

Martin Carmody took a course that would be parallel to the island. He made a good landing in the ocean but the force of...

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