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Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

While in the Java Sea after sinking a ship, another Japanese ship tried to sink the USS Blenny (SS-324). The crew then...

Robert M. Solomon remembers that it was very hot during monsoon season. [Annotator’s Note: He was stationed on...

They did not know the exact cause of his death since he was in halfway decent shape but initially they were told his...

[Annotator’s Note: Richard R. Ruess was assigned as a navigator to the 1st Mapping Group] he received orders to report...

Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means...

Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] paid a visit to the Kwajalein Islands [Annotator's...

Dale Smith was born in Ontario, California in March 1925. His great grandfather moved there in 1892 and was a founder....

George Peto and the men of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines had a few days of rest and got new guns then moved out...

The platoon leader, company commander, and the battalion weapons officer approached Arthur Jackson [Annotator's Note:...

Interviewer asks Delewski if his experience on the Laffey changed him. On the day that all of this happened [Annotator'...

William Cart was sent down to Gillespie [Annotator's Note: Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California], an outlying field...

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