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Walter John Guyote cheated on the eye exam to get into the Navy. He was sent to San Diego, California for boot camp. He...

James Gaffney felt the Okinawan civilians were glad to see the Americans. They hung around the camp all the time. They...

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

James Paul Lynch and his unit [Annotator's Note: the USS Sea Dog (SS-401)] left one submarine there [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Hayes was assigned to the USS Tortuga (LSD-26) as an electrician in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.]...

Jules Desloge Brown was born in 1923 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His father was a colonel in the cavalry of the Army....

Harold C. Cook was born in Beaver, Pennsylvania. His father produced milk and ice cream on his dairy farm. Cook...

Once his ship [Annotator's Note: the SS Sara Teasdale] reached Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana...

William Lee Barnes enlisted in the Navy and was given basic training at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station...

Edmond Guidry wanted to kill the Japanese for what they did. When the war ended, the United States still did not trust...

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

Robert "Bob" Lowry and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-538] finally got beached and dropped out of the convoy [...

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