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James Francis McCorriston was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in February 1925, but grew up in Florence, New Jersey....

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

Lepla took off with the strike group on the morning of the Battle of Santa Cruz [Annotator's Note: 26 October 1942]....

The fighters rendezvoused with the SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber], then had to look after...

Harold Eugene "Hal" Joslin was born in 1918 in Port Angeles or Sequim, Washington. He was born and raised on a dairy...

William Lee Barnes was aboard the Bunker Hill [Annotator's Note: USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)] while his crew mates were...

Lyle Mitchell remembers his wife had to work when she was brought to Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Pearl Harbor,...

Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and...

John Cassidy majored in mining engineering during his first year at the University of Alabama, but he eventually...

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

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings' submarine [Annotator's Note: the USS Gar (SS-206)] sunk some ships and engaged in some...

All of the barnstormers had on the boots, leather jackets and goggles and all had a bottle of spirits in the back seat...

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