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[Annotator's Note: David Harvey was discharged from the Navy in 1946. He then joined the Army for the Korean War on 1...

James D. Comeaux’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was watching the massacre of U.S. troops on Okinawa [...

Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...

Harry Watson went to Newport, Rhode Island [Annotator's Note: for Navy boot camp training], and couldn't understand why...

Dale Smith was assigned to the USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine repair and supply ship. It was big and had about 800...

[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...

Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...

After the war ended, William Beaman was sent back to San Francisco, California on the USS Flasher (SS-249), then...

James William Grimes was assigned as a mess cook. He was very young [Annotator's Note: he was only 16 years old, but...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for Navy service and was assigned as a radioman on the newly constructed USS Balao (SS...

Merrill was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga, CV-3] both times she was torpedoed.When they left...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior was born in February 1925 in Brewton, Alabama. He had a brother and sister....

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