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Fiske Hanley was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas, one of the five children in his family. Although he grew up...

1 [Annotator's Note: Japanese guard in the Philippines] was known as the duck. The duck was impulsive. Hanna didn't...

Edward Riedl remembers that the Duck [Annotator's Note: DUKW; six-wheel-drive amphibious truck; also known as a Duck]...

James Pringle was born in Sumter, South Carolina in November 1925. Life growing up was rough. He worked in grocery...

Benjamin Carson volunteered to become a Marine Raider without even knowing what that duty entailed. He was soon...

Archie Kelley stayed in the Navy until 1978. There were four officers on Rickover's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral...

Lenwood Steglich never talked about his time in the Navy. His family never asked him about it. His three grandchildren...

Benjamin Hagans remembers the officers’ mess had a menu. Hagans was with his brother, Bill, for three weeks. Then they...

Claire Maddox returned to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: as a member of ACORN-21, Aviation, Construction, Ordnance, Repair]...

Louis B. Hutchinson was born in November 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note...

Victor K. Carman joined the Navy because he did not want to be a foot soldier in the Army or Marines. He had flown a...

Mark Maynard traveled by train from New London, Connecticut to Mare Island which was a replacement depot for submarine...

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