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When on attack, Robert Dickinson was usually at the helm or on one of the bow or stern planes. When on the surface, he...

Robert S. Gibbs was born in December 1923 in Cedarhurst, New York. He had one sister who was older than him. His family...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

Clyde Barber was a member of Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) which flew PBYs [Annotator’s Note: Consolidated PBY Catalina]...

John "Jack" Raquepau went to get his harness fit and there were enlisted people living on that deck. They had about...

Once his ship [Annotator's Note: the SS Sara Teasdale] reached Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana...

Calvin Barrick grew up on a farm. He had four brothers and one sister but two of his brothers have died. Barrick was...

William “Bill” Knapp was born in July 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He moved from there to a farm in Allerton, Iowa when...

As Paul Ignatius entered his teens, he became aware of the hostilities rising in Europe and Asia. He was also aware of...

William Helm Sturman was born in April 1924 in Elida, New Mexico. He had two brothers and two sisters. During the...

In the Marshalls [Annotator's Note: Marshall Islands] and Gilberts [Annotator's Note: Gilbert Islands], enough planes...

Cleatus Lebow was born in 1924 in Happy, Texas. He grew up as one of 11 children during the Great Depression, but, as a...

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