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Fulton Taylor used the GI Bill to help pay his tuition for college. He graduated from Louisiana State University in...

Gene Alair was aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the battle of Guadalcanal. Saipan was a big operation [Annotator’s...

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

Burl Loving was ordered to report to the 317 [Annotator’s Note: USS YMS-317 minesweeper] which was a 130-foot-long,...

Wahlen said he hesitated talking about the war when he came home, but sometimes the pressure was put on him to talk....

After the Japanese surrendered, Richard Bennett was last to leave PT-470. He skippered the boat through bad weather...

Robert Brant wanted to be transferred to new duties on an escort ship going to the Philippines after spending 11 months...

Claude Bufford Shaw's ship, the Walke [Annotator's Note: USS Walke (DD-416)], was the lead in the six-ship column. When...

William Beaman was 18 years old when he participated in his first submarine patrol in the Pacific, and he said he didn'...

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

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: Patrick Zilliacus emigrated to the United States from Finland with his mother and brother.] They...

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