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Clayton Fisher thinks that the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] was the great equalizer. The...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] saw kamikazes [Annotator's...

Taken back to the time when the USS Perch (SS-176) was forced to dive and was then depth charged in the shallow waters...

Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...

After he was discharged, Thomas Tizzard looked for a job. He worked in New Orleans, Louisiana as a conductor on a...

At the same time Rochford was getting relieved, Captain Goggin was replacing him and was on the way to take over. There...

The major air base in the Gilbert [Annotator's Note: Gilbert Islands] and Marshall Islands was at Truk Island. John "...

Paul Ignatius was born in Glendale, California in November 1920. He is very proud of his hometown because many famous...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. At Tarawa [Annotator’s...

While on watch duty [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Aldebaran (AF-10)], Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade studied the stars....

Lenwood Steglich [Annotator’s Note: as a Pharmacist’s Mate 1st Class aboard the survey ship USS Bowditch (AGS-4)]...

Joseph LaNier was 15 years old and working in a nightclub when an incident happened in Columbus [Annotator’s Note:...

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