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The boats were scattered around little islands, each with a pier, and Richard McEwen said the sailors ate their meals...

James Ramage was at Pearl Harbor when the Battle of Midway took place. He was not aboard ship at the time. The...

After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...

Edwin Henlebin commented on the ability of the Navy to work with the Army. He said that in a battle situation soldiers...

John Nicholas lost touch with his half brother, George Hamaty, for three years during the war. While Nicholas was on...

Ray Felts was born in Cameron, Oklahoma in September 1926, the eldest of three children. He was 15, and on a double-...

K.D. Jones was Karr's pointer on the gun mount. Jones and Karr were able to get down and crawl out onto the deck. They...

Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...

After Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], F. Lincoln Grahlfs received orders to tow away the USS Hugh W. Hadley...

At 11 years in the Navy, Randall Edwards decided to make a career of the military. In 1946, he had an unfortunate...

Alex Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group was...

In the Spring of 1942, Benjamin Clark Amsden started pursuing going into Naval Aviation. He found out the eye exam was...

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