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Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....

Pearl Harbor was "a mess," and John Cassidy said he learned that one of his classmates from officers' candidate school...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] to join an accelerated Navy officer...

During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) were part of Task Group 38.2 under Admiral...

Mark Maynard’s second war patrol on his submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] used the deck gun to fire...

Emil Kesselman [Annotator’s Note: called back into the Navy Reserves for the Korean War after serving in the Navy from...

While in Hawaii, Frank Faust treated crew members from submarines while they were on leave. Faust also taught first aid...

Fred Bergeron was born in Abbeville, Louisiana in January 1923. Custom dictated that the mother would be taken care of...

Joseph Brannan was stationed in Southern France after being based in Italy. In France, liberty was more available than...

Alfred Rodrigues was involved with new construction at the Brooklyn Navy Shipyard [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn Navy Yard...

Richard Bennett described the PT-470 as being armed with a thunderbolt, which is a 37mm and a 20mm cannon mounted...

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

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