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James Paul Lynch's skipper [Annotator's Note: his captain, aboard the USS Snook (SS-279)], Chuck Triebel [Annotator's...

After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

Arthur Fishman had one sister growing up. His mother died when he was six years old. A few years later, his father...

Dale Peterson volunteered for the Navy and was sent for training at the Farragut Naval Training Center in Idaho. He...

James “Jim” R. Boyd was born in January 1921 in Long Beach, California while his parents were there on vacation....

William Roy was on the USS Yorktown [Annotator's Note: CV-5] when Pearl Harbor was attacked. The Yorktown was at Pier 7...

John "Jack" Raquepau grew up on a farm in Michigan in the Saginaw Valley. The area is noted for navy beans [Annotator's...

Windom Joseph Burton was aboard the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6)] when it was hit by enemy...

James "Jimmy" Elam Newsom was born in Oakland, Louisiana in 1921. He grew up and lived in Louisiana until the war...

Harry A. Donovan received the Purple Heart [Annotator's Note: a Purple Heart Medal is award bestowed upon a United...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

Mark Brannon was given a 30 day terminal leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time],...

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