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Vejtasa could see the Lexington on fire but still recovering planes. The Yorktown was also burning but recovering...

Windom Joseph Burton went into Navy boot camp in Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Norfolk, Virginia] and was then sent for...

Harold Joslin and his fellow prisoners of war tried to keep their humor up. There was a Japanese guard who marched them...

Donald H. "Don" Bee saw a man who was captured after he got out of his airplane waving at the Americans [Annotator's...

Harry Watson remembered that his sub [Annotator's Note: USS Segundo (SS-398)] was subjected to depth charges twice. He...

[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a rifleman and radio operator in Company B, 1st Marine Raider...

Frank Savage completed amphibious training at Hampton Roads, Virginia. To pass the test, the soldiers had to get ashore...

Garland Bath liked being called up for the service. He went to Fort Eustis, Virginia [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base...

Charles A. Waller [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241)] returned to his unit...

After the war, Lisle Neher stayed in the Reserves. He ended up with an M Day assignment, or Mobilization assignment, in...

James Richard O'Rorke was born in Washington, Pennsylvania [Annotator's Note: in September 1922] which is known for...

Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] was at Oceanside, California which is across from...

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