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Because of the war, those that survived were probably better off. They could get a job if they were willing to work.It...

Stewart W. Robinson recalls the time the flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12) was strafed by Japanese fighters and his...

After Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to November 1944,...

Embarking on their journey to the Pacific, Richard Bennett's squadron [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 31...

Gene Alair did not find Navy life difficult. He really enjoyed it. After recieving his commission, he was assigned to...

The F6F Hellcat [Annotator's Note: Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft] was very tough [Annotator's Note: when...

Being in a hole with Jimmy Grimes when he got shot through the head, and Harrington got his belly split open stands out...

By December 1941, William Winter was a sophomore at Ole Miss. He went to visit a friend in Cleveland, Mississippi, with...

Robert Kinzler was born in Newark, New Jersey, but his hometown was just outside the city in Irvington. He graduated...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Philips was in Pusan, Korea with the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry...

There was a lot more going on in Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953] for Philip Curran,...

Marine Corps boot camp was not bad for Ed Weber. They needed bodies then, so it was not that bad. Today, boot camp is...

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