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[Annotator's Note: Fred Bergeron served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner in a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber in...

Walter J. Latiolais, Sr reenlisted in the Army in 1949 for three years. He was given his previous rank and sent to Camp...

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

The "glorious" starting salary Theodore Pavlovich was earning in the Army came to 21 dollars a month, from which he...

Monroe Scherer had lost a year of studies due to illness as a child. When he turned 18, he was still in high school. He...

The talk among the men about their home life was very interesting and mostly wholesome, according to Richard McEwen. He...

Hugh Wingo was at Midway [Annotator’s Note: The Battle of Midway, 4 to 7 June 1942; Midway Island]. This was the next...

There was sharp drop off and that is how they were able to put the destroyer right up on the beach. Myers could only...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. witnessed the end of the fighting on Wake Island. It was chaotic. He [Annotator’s Note: then US...

John "Jack" Raquepau grew up on a farm in Michigan in the Saginaw Valley. The area is noted for navy beans [Annotator's...

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

Harold Ward remembers that it was quiet after they secured from general quarters. Around three in the afternoon they...

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