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Martin Sherbecoe recalled a couple of incidents from PT boat [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boat] school. One...

Harold Buell was stationed on Guadalcanal where he found life in the field to be far more difficult than it was on his...

Upon completing his training, Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] Normally, the...

They got rid of the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] on Truk [Annotator's Note: Truk...

After discharge, Windom Joseph Burton briefly used the G.I Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

James Francis McCorriston was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in February 1925, but grew up in Florence, New Jersey....

By the end of the war, William Sturman was a Third Class Petty Officer. He used the G.I. Bill to attend New Mexico...

William “Bill” Knapp volunteered for the US Navy when he was 17 years old. His parents consented to his enlistment....

Melvin Munch had a 15 day leave following his basic training in the United States Navy. It took four days each way for...

Walter Nelson went into the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. It was just about the same time that...

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