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Robert D. Shaner opted to get out of the Navy and had not really given thought to staying in. He wanted to become a...

Paul Harless was born in Corryton, Tennessee in December 1921. His father worked in various jobs during the Great...

Stewart "Stu" Bass was born and raised in Western Montana, about 20 miles outside of Missoula. He was the middle child...

The worst duty for Vernon Micheel was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as a Douglas SBD...

The first island the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) approached was Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands], and...

Louis Andriano was born in Long Island City, Queens, New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in February 1926....

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

Marion Labauve went to New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] because he was going to be stationed in...

After completing the Navy basic training program, William Hill was enrolled in the University of Chicago [Annotator’s...

When the Laffey left Pearl Harbor she was assigned as a escort for an old battleship heading out into the Pacific to...

[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...

William “Bill” Knapp volunteered for the US Navy when he was 17 years old. His parents consented to his enlistment....

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