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About a month before the Battle of Midway the skipper decided to assign crews. The chief radioman asked if anyone had a...

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

During the first night they [Annotator's Note: Harlan Twible and the other survivors of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)]...

James “Jim” R. Boyd separated from service with the rank of lieutenant in 1946. He immediately took advantage of the G....

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

Louis Block was born in December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and went to school there. He lost his mother at...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS Potomac (AG-25) in Washington D.C. while he served with the Navy. He was visiting...

Lyle Mitchell was born in September 1918 in New York. He had a sister and a brother. His sister is two years younger...

Gerald Kynett was born in December 1925 in Media, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, right outside...

When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...

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

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

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