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While the Laffey was undergoing training on Chesapeake Bay some of the gunners were sent to Dam Neck, Virginia for...

Lyle Bird asked for, and his parents granted, permission for him to enter the Navy at age 17. He attended boot camp in...

The next morning, Jack Yusen was heading down to get some food when the call to battle stations came over the intercom...

Paul Sparacino was in the Philippines [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5)] when Vietnam [Annotator's...

Marvin Hill was born in November 1925 in Louisa County, Virginia, the only male child of six children. His father was...

Alfred Anthony Alvarez was given a platoon in the 187th Infantry Regiment [Annotator's Note: 187th Glider Infantry...

Wallace Spencer describes life aboard the USS Essex (CV-9). There was one man aboard who never took showers so they all...

Norman Sterrie thought he would be going home [Annotator's Note: he was a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo plane pilot in...

Howard Robert Charles was inducted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in June 1940] in San Diego [Annotator's...

Robert Freligh’s crewman Sam Plonski was from the Boston area, and Peter Sanchez from the Chicago area. He always flew...

Joseph Daquana completed submarine training in New London [Annotator’s Note: New London, Connecticut]. During his...

[Annotator's Note: Someone off camera interjects at various points.] As his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Suwannee (...

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