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Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] was stationed at Shanghai [Annotator's Note: Shanghai...

Lauren Bruner was born in November 1920 in Shelton, Washington. He discusses his upbringing and childhood by recounting...

Given 30 days survivor leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Donald Herbert Shown...

Archie Kelley admired Rickover [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover; nicknamed Father of the Nuclear...

When Childers strapped in he said over the radio that it was his birthday and that he wanted to celebrate.Three of the...

William Roy remembers the fighter planes beginning to malfunction after being at sea for so long. A lot of planes'...

After the war, Robert Perry found employment as a painter and as a lumber yard worker. He never used the G.I. Bill [...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Chatterton served in the Navy as a radio man aboard the USS LCI(L)-334], a Landing Craft...

They were on General's Quarters [Annotator's Note: ready for battle] for 72 hours. The guys would take turns on their...

Edwin Henlebin loaded onto a troop ship in San Francisco, California. He was issued Army clothing so that he couldn't...

Martin Suter was in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] when he heard about the atomic bomb strikes....

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