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There was sharp drop off and that is how they were able to put the destroyer right up on the beach. Myers could only...

[Annotator's Note: Orville Bethard served in the Navy as an Electrician’s Mate aboard USS Midway (CVE-63), renamed USS...

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Philip Mayer had been in the Pacific for 30 months and was in the assault wave on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa,...

On his first day at sea, Robert Powers got seasick. One of his friends, Ned Meloney, played for the 49ers [Annotator's...

There was a problem on Midway with producing fresh water. It was solved by evaporators and other techniques that were...

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

To William Lansford, all campaigns had goofy things happen. The first time he went out by himself he had been warned of...

Homer Myers flew his own airplane from California across the Pacific. The first flight was 12 to 13 hours. They left...

Roy Stewart went to Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui, Hawaii after the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945 at...

Aaron Baumgarten pointed out that he was serving in the Air Transport Command (ATC) during the era of Lend-Lease, when...

Arthur McHardy returned to the United States through San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. He was...

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