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Roy Boreen spent a year and a half as part of the USS Oklahoma's (BB-37) 3rd Division Deck Force. Every Friday was...

F. Lincoln Grahlfs partially understood what Operation Crossroads [Annotator's Note: a pair of nuclear weapons tests...

Charles Bishop was born in New Haven, Connecticut in November of 1920. The depression years were sketchy. His mother...

Marion Labauve went to Avondale Shipyard [Annotator's Note: in Bridge City, Louisiana] after the war. It was dangerous...

Vernon Micheel flew his first combat mission off the Hornet [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Bombing Squadron 2 (VB-2...

Fred L. Keller, Jr. thought Captain Joseph J. "Jocko" Clark [Annotator's Note: later US Navy Admiral Joseph J. "Jocko"...

James Gaffney felt the Okinawan civilians were glad to see the Americans. They hung around the camp all the time. They...

After his discharge, Harry Walker Wellford used the G.I. Bill to further his education. He owes a debt to the...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

Alfred Rodrigues was born on the island of Kauai in Hawaii in October 1922. His mother died early in his life and his...

Jack Leaming and the crew of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) left Pearl Harbor and attacked the Marshall Islands in February...

James Warren David was born in Youngsville, Louisiana in January 1926. During the Great Depression, his father and...

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