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The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

John E. Johnson's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Liddle (APD-60)] stayed in China for a few weeks, mostly for rest and...

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) were first attacked by Japanese suicide aircraft in the Lingayen...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

Carl Rieman said if the planes could have carried more ammunition, he could have gotten more enemy kills. The Japanese...

Still in the Philippines, Clem Thrift's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] moved on to bombarding the...

After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...

Howard Fox sailed on the USS Catoctin (AGC-5) through the Panama Canal to the west coast and Hawaii. He rode out the...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...

John Cassidy served as an aide to an admiral during his tenure in the Pacific, and the two men got along well. Cassidy...

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