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[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA-38...

Tony Schneider recaps his involvement in the Doolittle Raid that took place on 18 April 1942. Assigned to VB-6 [...

Lenwood Steglich never talked about his time in the Navy. His family never asked him about it. His three grandchildren...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

The most significant thing to occur during the Battle of Midway that allowed for American victory is up for debate....

Arles E. Cole was born in Porum, Oklahoma in December 1923. He grew up there. His childhood was rough. It was the...

Richard Welch joined the Navy in November 1944 and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training [Annotator's Note: Naval...

Baptiste would be watchful. There are countries and people who want to see this country go under so he believes that we...

Alvin Barnes was born December in 1925 in Minden, Nebraska. His family moved from the small Midwestern town and bought...

They started taking off the most severely wounded. Another APD [Annotator's Note: a destroyer or destroyer escort...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was bringing troops home as part of Operation Magic...

Joseph Townsend joined the service because his aunt who was a Marine convinced him to join. He is military-oriented and...

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