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The Laffey [Annotator's Note: US Navy destroyer USS Laffey, DD-724] had new radar and sonar equipment and that put the...

Harold Buell did two combat cruises with two different squadrons aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6), the "Big E." She was...

William S. “Bill” Beamish was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1923 and grew up in nearby Wellesley Hills. His father,...

Nick Cristiano saw his first B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] in New Mexico and it...

Lynward Joseph "Buddy" or "Bud" Adams was a Navy Armed Guard and guarded US Merchant Marine ships during World War 2....

Richard T. Russell, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in March 1922. His father was a civil service employee....

Because of the war, those that survived were probably better off. They could get a job if they were willing to work.It...

James Goodrich was taken from Iwo Jima to a hospital on Guam. He was on Guam for about 12 or 13 days before being...

Rudolph C. Miller's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being stuck in a boat in a harbor in Virginia. It was...

Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...

Clayton Fisher thinks that the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] was the great equalizer. The...

William Pierce tells the story of his duty on Guam while he was training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands...

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