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Norman Sterrie thought he would be going home [Annotator's Note: he was a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo plane pilot in...

Robert Masters was born in Akron, Ohio in August 1925. When he was five years old, the family moved to Santa Monica [...

Robert Brant wanted to be transferred to new duties on an escort ship going to the Philippines after spending 11 months...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). The...

Harry Watson went to Newport, Rhode Island [Annotator's Note: for Navy boot camp training], and couldn't understand why...

Ferrier did not like the way they were awarding flight orders to the crewman. Ferrier made his boss well aware of that...

Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...

George Joseph Sullivan moved from Mbanika [Annotator's Note: Mbanika Island, Solomon Islands] on an APC [Annotator's...

Dale Smith was assigned to the USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine repair and supply ship. It was big and had about 800...

[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] Walter Louis Beyer served in the Pacific Theater in World War...

After getting back to the United States [Annotator’s Note: after surviving the sinking of the USS Preston (DD-379) in...

Merrill was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga, CV-3] both times she was torpedoed.When they left...

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