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The engines of the USS Perch (SS-176) were put back together, and Robert Lents said that the morning after the attack...

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

Raymond Hayes' most memorable experience of the war was going aboard ships and doing what he had to do. Like it or not...

Donald Stratton went to Corona, California towards the end of 1942. He was there for a couple months before he was...

When he was on shore leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in occupied Japan,...

Alexander Vraciu was on a mission with a flight of 12 aircraft when he noticed five Zeros [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi...

[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...

Alvin Barnes was temporarily assigned to the USS Indianapolis [Annotator's Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] for one day...

They [Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant and the other officers of the USS San Francisco Veterans Association] decided to...

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

Austin H. Kiplinger and his unit [Annotator's Note: Composite Squadron 66 (VC-66) flying from USS Nassau (CVE-16)] went...

Joseph LaNier had a close call on Okinawa while driving a truck. The LST [Annotator’s Note: LST—landing ship, tank] was...

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