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One of the guys that James Ramage was flying with looked back at one of the burning Japanese carriers and said, "Look...

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

When Astley Blackwell got in the water he realized that his life belt had a hole in it. He grabbed a keg which had come...

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

Jack D. Owen was inducted into the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1944] in Tyler, Texas, and then boarded a train to San...

Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally. When Crain was on the transport ship...

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

Victor K. Carman got to Japan on 1 August 1945. The bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

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

Cass Phillips got into a ferry squadron after he returned home. He flew all kinds of planes he never could before. He...

James Oney and his outfit [Annotator's Note: ACORN 12; Aviation, Construction, Ordnance, Repair 12] loaded all of their...

It was Walter Bank's first time in the Pacific, and he found it "different." Few Japanese spoke English, and he had to...

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