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James Thomas Womack was born in January 1921 in Naples, Texas. He was one of six children. During the Great Depression...

John Carruth was born in February 1927 in Jefferson, Georgia. He was raised on a farm. As soon as the school bus...

There were no jobs when Charles Bruce got out of the service. He got married right away. He met a high school girl and...

Eugene Tarrant has certain memories from the war that have stuck with him to this day. One night off of Guadalcanal,...

Ferrier was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father died and was buried on his 13th birthday. His...

Harper Gruber described the crew as being divided between the dark crew - motor macs [Annotator's Note: motor machinist...

Richard O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane] gave William Leibold a nice 35mm...

Adolfo V. Celaya first encountered a man laying on his back [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...

Frederick Grun returned to the United States by way of Hawaii. The four days he spent quartered at Hospital Point in...

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

James Oney cannot think of anything that exciting that stands out [Annotator's Note: about his service in World War 2...

Joseph Brannan was based for a time in Leghorn, Italy as the city was called in English. It is referred to as Livorno...

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