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Allen Horton was born in 1921 in Middletown, Connecticut, a congregational minister's son. His father's profession...

Starnes grew up in Decatur, Georgia. His father was a travelling salesman. By the time he started school he was living...

James Connelly made landings on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal Campaign, 7 August 1942 to 9 February 1943;...

Loren Bennett stayed out at sea for about two or three months after the war was over. He was ready to get out of the...

After the Japanese surrendered, Richard Bennett was last to leave PT-470. He skippered the boat through bad weather...

One night, Floyd James Reissig called general quarters while sailors were sleeping on the deck. There was an...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

When Harold Long graduated from Harvard [Annotator's Note: Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts], he was...

David Harvey was born in September 1926. [Annotator's Note: Harvey says he was born "around here" but the town name is...

Robert Hammond was sent to Great Lakes, Illinois in the dead of winter for boot camp. He was prepared for the cold, but...

Robert Taylor arrived in Samoa in April 1942. The Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] campaign...

Fergus Van Wart was born in August 1926 in Dallas, Texas. He was an only child. He went to high school in Dallas and...

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