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Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...

In the Spring of 1942, Benjamin Clark Amsden started pursuing going into Naval Aviation. He found out the eye exam was...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] Normally, the...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

In 1929, Bill Norberg's father lost his job due to the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression was a...

James Roy Colquitt unloaded troops on the beach as the tide went out stranding his ship [Annotator’s Note: Colquitt was...

They [Annotators Note: the dive bombers] would cut the engines if nothing came back from the PBY's and call it a day [...

Olaf Rose recalled having served under three different skippers on the PT-171 [Annotator's Note: PT-171, Motor Torpedo...

Melvin S. Tanenbaum was an all-American boy and he wanted to fight for his country. He enlisted and his parents were...

Adolph William Amundson's mission on Iwo Jima, Japan was to pick up the wounded and fly them back to a hospital on Guam...

Frank M. Heuer Sr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in October 1923. He grew up with three sisters and one brother....

Martin Carmody was briefed that there were no available carriers for them to fly off of. The Saratoga [Annotator's Note...

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