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Richard Miralles went to boot camp and trained for two months. Then they went to different schools. Miralles went to...

Robert Templet was aboard the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) when the Japanese surrendered. During the course of the war, the...

Bruce McCormick was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and lived there until 1939 when they moved to Chesapeake, Virginia....

Archie Kelley stayed in the Navy until 1978. There were four officers on Rickover's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral...

Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...

Having survived the sinking of USS Arizona (BB-39) and the subsequent treatment for his burn injuries, Lauren Bruner...

Phineas Stevens feels it is absolutely important that future generations continue to study World War 2. It was horrible...

There was a problem with some of the arming switches in the Bombing 3 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 3] bombers....

Fred Bergeron was waiting for a battle like Midway. He was very upset at what had been happening to them. He saw the...

When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...

On VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Earl Wergin [Annotator's Note: with the USS...

Donald Hoff's [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...

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