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

By the time they [Annotator's Note: Harlan Twible and the others in his group of survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-...

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

Morton William Werner’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he was on his way to Japan, but then was sent...

When Delewski resumed firing he had to sit in a different position to fire his gun. The fire had warped the area where...

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

Carl Trim was born in Greenville, Mississippi in September 1926. His parents divorced soon after and Trim and his...

Walter Nelson loved the airplane he flew in [Annotators Note: TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bombers]. It was slow but...

James Allen was at Midway aboard the Sperry [Annotator's Note: USS Sperry (AS-12)] when the Wahoo [Annotator's Note:...

Around 8:15 or 8:20 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of 16 April 1945] the first 4 Japanese kamikaze planes heading...

Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. was born in August 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Metairie. His father was...

Robert Freligh served during the war because he felt it was his duty. He was also 20 years old at the time and thought...

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