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Otis Arthur Slack was on Amchitka [Annotator's Note: Amchitka Island, Alaska] when the Japanese withdrew [Annotator's...

Archibald Higgins was 17 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. He did not know where the location...

Within a day of arriving at the submarine base James Allen was given orders to report to the USS Wahoo (SS-238). He...

Choosing to go in the Navy [Annotator's Note: in 1944] was natural for Philip Curran. He grew up on the water. His...

David Heath moved to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] and went aboard the USS President Jackson [...

Gerard V. Radice and the 7th Infantry Division left the Philippines to invade Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan...

Wahlen was born in a farmhouse near Ogden, Utah. Soon after he was born his family moved to Ogden where they stayed...

Carey Suratt left the United States Army Transport Imperial [Annotator's Note: USAT Imperial], and walked through mud...

On 13 February 1943, they took off for a raid on Shortland Harbor [Annotator's Note: Shortland Harbor, Shortland Island...

Richard Nummer entered service in November 1943 at 17 years old. He went to San Diego for boot camp. That was his first...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on lookout duty with hi-powered binoculars when the first invasion attempt on Wake Island...

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the navy aboard the submarines USS Thresher (SS-200) and USS Lizardfish (SS-...

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