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Jack Thornhill was sent to San Diego for boot camp. There were a lot of guys from the Alexandria [Annotator's Note:...

Harold C. Cook entered the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

William H Greason believed that African-American servicemen helped the Civil Rights Movement. In 1963, Greason was a...

Angus Francis Mestayer returned to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. They got a month long leave [...

James Bazet was born in December 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was two years old, he was taken to live in...

James Salerno was born in Summit, New Jersey, in 1918. Before the war he worked as a clerk in a store. Salerno chose...

One of the pilots in Hanna's squadron was sent along with Hannas group to command the army enlisted men.On that day...

Joseph Townsend was born in April 1926 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He grew up in Shreveport. He had two brothers and two...

George Colburn got a ten-day leave to go home after bootcamp. Two of his buddies were home at the same time. He then...

During the second Truk raid Alexander Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group...

One night, Floyd James Reissig called general quarters while sailors were sleeping on the deck. There was an...

William Helm Sturman was born in April 1924 in Elida, New Mexico. He had two brothers and two sisters. During the...

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