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They got rid of the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] on Truk [Annotator's Note: Truk...

William “Bill” Knapp volunteered for the US Navy when he was 17 years old. His parents consented to his enlistment....

Archie Kelley went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after graduating from the United States...

Other close calls John Cassidy remembers included a night when two bombers flew so low, in diversionary tactics while...

Arles E. Cole was born in Porum, Oklahoma in December 1923. He grew up there. His childhood was rough. It was the...

When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...

William Hill was assigned to the USS Entemedor (SS-340) in the role of quartermaster. After the commission of the ship...

Clarence Robert Duff remembered that during World War 2, his ship rode out three typhoons. The last one was in December...

By the end of the war, William Sturman was a Third Class Petty Officer. He used the G.I. Bill to attend New Mexico...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

In 1964, Dennis Allen Andrews was assigned to the USS Proteus (AS-19) for the third time as the officer electrician....

When Phineas Stevens left Leyte Gulf [Annotator's Note: Battle of Leyte, Philippines, 17 October to 26 December 1944]...

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