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Alexander Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero [Annotators Note:...

When the Japanese planned invasions on American, English or Filipino soil, they had to come up with a new code...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

Sherwin Lansing Eddy and his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Composite Squadron 94 (VC-94) flying from USS Shamrock Bay (...

John "Jack" Raquepau grew up on a farm in Michigan in the Saginaw Valley. The area is noted for navy beans [Annotator's...

As James Paul Lynch looks back, there were not really normal families back in that time [Annotator's Note: the time of...

[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...

Clyde Barber was a member of Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) which flew PBYs [Annotator’s Note: Consolidated PBY Catalina]...

Lenwood Steglich did not want to stay in the Navy after the war. He attended Texas A...

Harold Zeringer joined the 466 [Annotator's Note: USS PC-466] which was a warship of the first magnitude. Zeringer had...

Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...

Wiley noted that there were no other survivors of his plane. His wingman returned to the Enterprise [Annotator's Note:...

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