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Baptiste went to the Customs House [Annotators Note: in New Orleans] on 5 February 1938 where he was selected with 6...

Stewart W. Robinson recalls the time the flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12) was strafed by Japanese fighters and his...

James H. "Jim" Pritchard was sent to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] after it had been...

Charles “Chuck” Franzke’s orders were changed after the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: announced 15 August...

Earl Conklin joined the 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: as a rifle platoon leader in Company A, 1st Battalion,...

When James McCorriston left the hospital, he was assigned to the USS Fall River (CA-131), then he left the Navy. He...

Charles Martin was born in August 1922 in Nebraska. He had one brother that died when he was an infant. His father was...

James Gaffney got into trouble in Cartagena [Annotator’s Note: Cartagena, Colombia]. Some of the crew was driven in a...

After the island of Saipan was secured, Ira Schilling and his assault engineer squad of 2nd Marine Division remained on...

Hopkins was the 33rd plane to take off. It was the 1st time that Hopkins took off carrying a live bomb. After he took...

Gerard V. Radice dislikes what the Japanese did to the local populations they conquered and still to this day does not...

Lincoln Piazzo was recommended for the Medal of Honor for a mission over the most highly fortified area of the Pacific...

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