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Alvin Barnes was drafted into the Navy. He previously knew he would have to serve. He had no problem with boot camp. He...

Nevin Sledge was assigned to be an instructor after graduation. [Annotator’s Note: Sledge graduated in Corpus Christi,...

Robert Swan and the other officers in his squadron, Patrol Squadron 44 or VP-44, did everything underground while they...

In Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Everett Hyland did hear rumors of going to war. When out on their two weeks at sea, and at...

On the morning of 3 February 1945, a mortar shell dropped in the rice paddy alongside Theodore Pavlovich and he took...

Warren Huggins left San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco, California] and headed for Manila [Annotator’s Note...

Paul Fair was one of ten children. He was born in July 1925 in Arkansas. He was the youngest child. He grew up in...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Yusen served in the Navy as a gunner aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413). The Samuel B....

Walter Bank's family lived on a small farm, and wasn't greatly affected by the Great Depression. They never talked...

William Currier's first seagoing engagement was aboard the USS Hall (DD-583) as part of a task group that escorted...

Albert G. Sutcliffe was sent to Pearl Harbor's [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] in preparation for going to the...

Monroe Scherer took advantage of the G.I Bill and went to NYU [Annotator's Note: New York University, New York, New...

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