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Eugene Corson was born in March 1922 in Stanford, Connecticut. In 1936, his father got a job working on submarines in...

Francis Borrell's first cruise was in the Atlantic Ocean. Borrell believes Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator...

Robert D. Shaner's mom was German and was upset with the Germans after the First World War and her German relatives who...

In April 1940, Jack Holder enlisted in the Navy and completed bootcamp in San Diego, California. Boot camp was...

Cecil Ezell McLain was born in November 1921 in Auburn, Alabama. He grew up through the Great Depression in Robertsdale...

Frederick Grun was born in March 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of four children. His father was an...

Claire Maddox was born in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1924 [Annotator's Note: April 1924]. He had two older brothers. It was a...

Walter John Guyote was born in St. Mary Parish [Annotator’s Note: St. Mary Parish, Louisiana] in July 1925. He had...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Back in the United States, the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) went into dry dock, and Lebow went to Texas on leave [Annotator...

Donald H. "Don" Bee was born in September 1925 in Commodore, Pennsylvania. His family moved to Greensville,...

Jack Leaming and the crew of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) left Pearl Harbor and attacked the Marshall Islands in February...

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