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Ferrier got to Pearl Harbor the day after the Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet CV-8, aircraft carrier] sailed. They...

From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...

Edward Chinnis' most memorable experience of World War 2 was going through a typhoon with 55 foot waves. He fought...

Adolfo V. Celaya heard men who seemed to know each other [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...

Years ago Delewski did an interview for National Geographic. He accompanied his commanding officer Captain Becton [...

Louis Andriano's DD-214 [Annotator’s Note: Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty] states that he was on...

Frederick Ellis and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-751] went back and forth among the islands in the Pacific on...

Melvin Munch would have been part of the invasion force for assaulting the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombs kept...

Samuel Goss had no idea that he would become a boat officer. Before he graduated as an ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest...

After being discharged from service in World War 2, James D. Comeaux adjusted easily to civilian life and attended...

Robert Freligh probably decided to join the navy because his brother was in the army and there was most likely some...

Otis Kight had his basic training for the Navy at Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia...

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