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15 or 20 minutes later a Chief Petty Officer came and got some men to help him fight the fires aboard the USS Cassin [...

Walter Nelson used to fly out into the fog near the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Sometimes he flew underneath the Bay...

The weight of Donald Campbell's job was such that he rarely had off-duty time. He was responsible for the division's...

Jack Thornhill was sent to San Diego for boot camp. There were a lot of guys from the Alexandria [Annotator's Note:...

Donald Stratton went aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Pearl Harbor. The USS Arizona (BB-39) put the Missouri to shame...

Ensign Earnest said that as he was heading down, he lost elevator control; the stick was loose in his hand. Ensign...

Robert D. Shaner says that the landing at Luzon [Annotator's Note: Battle of Luzon, 9 January to 15 August 1945, Luzon...

James Oney was in Portland, Oregon after leaving his family farm in the middle of the summer [Annotator's Note: Summer...

Victor K. Carman remembers the typhoon. It was significant. The Philippines got hit by a typhoon with winds of 190...

Everett Hyland was born in Stamford, Connecticut in March 1923. His father died when he was one year old. He had one...

Adolph William Amundson was sent to Jacksonville, Florida to train in multi-engine planes. He flew PBY’s [Annotator's...

Martin Carmody and Les Ward finally joined back up with each other. They had both consumed a lot of fuel during their...

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