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When the Laffey left Pearl Harbor she was assigned as a escort for an old battleship heading out into the Pacific to...

Russell Gackenbach had his Army Air Forces basic training in Florida. There were not enough uniforms for the recruits...

When David Harvey heard that the war had ended, they had 1,500 planes up off the carriers. The British and Russians had...

William Wayne says Bradley [Annotator's Note: US Navy Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class John Henry Bradley, known as “Jack”...

John Bradley served in the Army infantry and attended jump and Ranger school. He volunteered to join the 101st Airborne...

Leo Denault liked Westover Field [Annotator’s Note: Westover Field, Massachusetts] the best. He liked Tokyo [Annotator’...

Robert L. Donovan was drafted. He wanted to enlist in the Air Force. He had hay fever so they did not let him enlist....

Ittsei Nakagawa never wanted to talk about it [Annotator's Note: surviving the atomic bomb detonation over Hiroshima,...

Joe Morris and his unit [Annotator's Note: 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were anchored offshore the morning...

After Baptiste left the Solomons he was sent to new construction. He was sent to the hospital because he lost his...

Richard Keller [Annotator's Note: Company E, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] was not promoted until...

Emiline Ann Bourgeois went to nurses' school [Annotator's Note: Hotel Dieu School of Nursing in New Orleans, Louisiana...

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