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Mitchell Zimmer liked the idea of sailing on a smaller boat like a submarine. He was trained in New London, Connecticut...

Arthur Fishman had one sister growing up. His mother died when he was six years old. A few years later, his father...

Fred Bergeron was 19 years old when he took part in the Battle of Midway. He did not really have any idea just how...

Remi Kidder was born in 1926 in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Raised on a farm, Kidder's father was always busy with the...

[Annotator's Note: Someone off camera interjects at various points.] As his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Suwannee (...

Harold Buell was assigned to the Wasp [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-7)] as a pilot in Squadron VS-71 [Annotator's...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. sailed to many ports in the Japanese islands after the war. Following three months there,...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

When the war started everyone started working with what they had. Merrill's group patrolled up and down the Hawaiian...

Mark Brannon was given a 30 day terminal leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time],...

Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...

Billy Grieves was born in Liberty Center, Ohio. At a young age his parents moved the family to Detroit, Michigan for...

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