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Hutchinson, Louis Becoming a Sailor
Louis B. Hutchinson was born in November 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note...
Hibbard, Hershel Kamikaze Attack and Loss of a Friend
Hershel Hibbard recalled the process of refueling the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)]. Another ship...
Arend, Aloysius "Al" War's End and Postwar
Aloysius "Al" Arend was flown back to his outfit [Annotator's Note: 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division] on...
Morisak, Daniel Kiriwina Island
Daniel Morisak moved from New Mexico [Annotator's Note: from Alamogordo, New Mexico] to Oakland, California to board a...
Nummer, Richard War's Brutality
Richard Nummer experienced the brutality of war on Iwo Jima. He and his buddies witnessed Japanese soldiers lying with...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 6
The planes all arrived about the same time. They then steamed north.The men knew that the Japanese had sent an armada...
Lents, Robert Action in the South Pacific
The engines of the USS Perch (SS-176) were put back together, and Robert Lents said that the morning after the attack...
Steglich, Lenwood Okinawa then War's End
Lenwood Steglich [Annotator’s Note: as a Pharmacist’s Mate 1st Class aboard the survey ship USS Bowditch (AGS-4)]...
Bruner, Lauren Prewar Life, the Depression Years and Enlisting in the Navy
Lauren Bruner was born in November 1920 in Shelton, Washington. He discusses his upbringing and childhood by recounting...
O'Rorke, James Early Life
James Richard O'Rorke was born in Washington, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in September 1922] which is known for...
Bailey, Raymond Early Life and Joining the Navy
Raymond Bailey was born and raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Jobs at the time only paid about one dollar per day....
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 9
The Laffey was in a rough state. She had been hit a number of times from a number of direction. Everything from the...

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