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James Oney left New Caledonia at midnight with a destroyer escort. They arrived three days later in the Russell Islands...

Robert D. Shaner opted to get out of the Navy and had not really given thought to staying in. He wanted to become a...

Morton William Werner was born in February 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He grew up in a middle-class home. His...

Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

Irwin Schneider was changed by the war completely. He had led a sheltered life prior to his service. He learned to be a...

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

Judge Gordon Thompson recalled preparing for the invasion of mainland Japan in the Leyte Gulf, Philippines. He recalled...

William Currier was born in Westbrook, Maine in 1926. He grew up with two brothers and was raised by his parents....

Joseph Brannan was sent on a train to San Diego, California for boot camp after he enlisted in the United States Navy....

The worst duty for Vernon Micheel was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as a Douglas SBD...

Starnes has thought about the night the USS Boise ambushed the Tokyo Express many times. He had a sense of apprehension...

Norman Elliott and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Pasadena (CL-65)] saw some action while in the Pacific. They had...

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