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After action in the Marshall Islands [Annotator's Note: Marshall Islands Campaign, 29 January to 22 February 1944,...

John E. Johnson went back to the ship, but not all his crewmates did. After replacements came from a nearby receiving...

From Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Donald Campbell and the USS LST-809 prepared for the invasion of...

Lyle Bird remarks that World War 2 was a long time ago, but he feels honored to have been a part of it. He served...

The Medusa [Annotator's Note: USS Medusa (AR-1)] was not far from them [Annotators Note: during the attack on Pearl...

Thomas A. Tizzard Jr. was born in July 1924 in Echo, Louisiana. His family owned a farm and in 1938 they moved to New...

As they went out, they saw a lone destroyer or possibly a light cruiser. They went to find the carrier but they did not...

David Hanning believes he was lucky that his service happened during a meaningful and necessary requirement. He...

Louis Conter left boot camp in San Diego, California with the knowledge that he was to be assigned to the battleship...

Paul Sparacino thought the explosions were unreal [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5)...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) were first attacked by Japanese suicide aircraft in the Lingayen...

On several occasions, Robert Lents and his fellow prisoners outmaneuvered their Japanese captors. [Annotator's Note:...

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