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Clarence Lee Dobbs, known to his friends as Jack, was born in June 1925 in Dearborn, Michigan. He grew up there, and...

James Gaffney experienced no problems with leaks on his PT Boat. The boat construction was tight enough that it did not...

A call went out for volunteers and Battery H, 11th Marine Regiment sent five people to the front to help out. Three of...

Marvin Hill went to the Parcel Post building in Richmond to enlist, and underwent a physical. He was rejected, and told...

Thomas J. Smith, Junior was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...

The Battle of the Philippine Sea was the end of Jack Glass' combat tour. They finished up the Marianas operation then...

Dennis Allen Andrews was born Mount Solon, Virginia. His father worked at Goodrich Rubber Company to support his family...

Norman Kleiss knew Peter Gaido pretty well. When Kleiss was about to take off for his first carrier landing he was...

[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

Edward Bale witnessed the pre-landing bombardment of Saipan. The Navy had learned from previous experiences. The...

Alfred Taddeo became an instructor at Melbourne, Florida where he met several former VF-10 [Annotator's Note: Fighting...

Walter Groth was discharged in Texas. He turned in everything. The war was over. The war had ended when they got out....

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