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Merle Jerome "Jerry" Pettis was on the Diligence [Annotator's Note: USS Diligence (WSC-135)] doing target practice with...

John Singlaub had a problem getting into the POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camp on Hainan Island. The...

William Barnes served aboard USS PC-590 which was a patrol craft. During the early part of 1942 the navy was desperate...

MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area] went...

After the war ended, Charles A. Waller returned to the United States and was given a 30-day leave [Annotator's Note: an...

O’Neil Ducharme’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was being assigned to guard duty at Shangri-La, known today...

From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...

Francis Bucher was on Adak [Annotator's Note: Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska] when the invasion of Kiska [...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Norfolk, Virginia, where he picked up his ship. The ship held four LCMs [Annotator's...

Harold Joslin joined the Navy around 1939. He liked the idea of going to sea. He also really wanted to get off the farm...

Gonzales was 10 years old when the Japanese invaded [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippine Islands]. At the time he...

Ellis Whaley is not sure about the timing, but either before he went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa,...

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