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Edward Chinnis enlisted in the Navy on 11 November [Annotator's Note: 11 November 1942] in Raleigh, North Carolina then...

William “Bill” Knapp was part of the Okinawa invasion on Easter morning 1945 [Annotator’s Note: Knapp was a coxswain on...

Olaf Rose became acquainted with, and courted, his future wife by mail from the Pacific. When he came home on a 30 day...

Robert L. Rorschach enlisted in the Navy and attended Midshipman School at Prairie State, and spent time aboard the...

Ferrier was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father died and was buried on his 13th birthday. His...

Rufus Harris was born in 1923 in Macon, Georgia. He lived there for four years and then they moved to New Orleans [...

Arles E. Cole was sent to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for naval aptitude testing and training....

Harold Zeringer returned to New Orleans in March 1946 and embarked on a concentrated law school effort. He took three...

Wiley relates that at the time of the hit and run carrier raids, they had more aircrew than airplanes. Being a new...

Adolph William Amundson recalled that by the time he arrived at the island [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the...

While Dennis Allen Andrews served on the USS Plunger (SS-179) and USS Plaice (SS-390) during World War 2, he...

Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and...

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