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During the second Truk raid Alexander Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group...

After Norman Elliott was discharged from the Navy, he did not go back to school. He joined the 52-20 club [Annotator's...

Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands] was a morale...

When John Votrobeck arrived at the base [Annotator's Note: in Freemantle, Australia], he was assigned to Submarine...

They had the Evans floating and had an auxiliary generator running; that meant lights and refrigeration. They were...

[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

Charles Chatterton was relieved to be back in the United States. On his return, they stopped in Honolulu [Annotator's...

In 1954, John Kreutzberg was drafted once more, this time into the Army. He was married at the time, so his wife went...

Martin Suter was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], where he stayed for some time before...

Dale Peterson returned to the United States aboard his cruiser, the USS San Juan (CL-54). She was decommissioned in...

Phineas Stevens feels it is absolutely important that future generations continue to study World War 2. It was horrible...

During the 13 months that Richard McEwen was in combat, he described the Japanese activity where he was as a "backup...

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