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Victor K. Carman was born in April 1927 in Woodmere, New York on Long Island. His parents divorced when he was three...

The USS Oklahoma City (CL-91) sailed among several Pacific Islands, and Elmer Spraker admitted that he was a little...

Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

Alvin Sniff was born in March 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When the war started, he quit school and went to work in...

Chester Hollingsworth's sub-chaser [Annotators' Note: USS SC-990] initially deployed to perform picket duty [Annotator'...

James had his back to the explosion when it occurred. 1 shell that went all the way through the armor and came near the...

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was born in August 1926 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father owned a sheet metal business and...

James Oney was born in December 1924 in Harrison County, Texas near Harleton [Annotator's Note: Harleton, Texas]. He...

Austin H. Kiplinger was aboard the USS Altamaha [Annotator's Note: USS Altamaha (CVE-18) and did anti-submarine...

Joseph Daquana was born in Plaquemines, Louisiana in May 1928. He was the second youngest child in a family of seven...

Because James McCorriston had attended machinist mate school, he was transferred to the B Division [Annotator's Note:...

Myron J. Carraway was born in Idaho [Annotator’s Note: in Jackson, Idaho in March 1922] and grew up there. He graduated...

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