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Joseph Earl "Joe" Samrow was born and grew up in Slidell, Louisiana in 1926. He had five brothers and a sister, he was...

Archie Kelley landed at Abemama [Annotator's Note: Abemama Atoll, Kiribati]. They were told there were Japanese...

John Burr remembers they went into the Sea of Japan as a group of nine submarines. They were surprised to see the...

The most wonderful story that Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] can tell is that he was...

James Gaffney discusses the details of the type of torpedo used on the PT Boat on which he was assigned as a crewman....

James Ramage was not pleased with the results [Annotator's Note: the results of the US Navy's attack on the Japanese...

Rufus Harris went to Tokyo [Annotator's Note: Tokyo, Japan] for one day. On his last trip, he had just gotten married...

Louis Conter returned to the United States for night fighter training. When he received his commission in New Guinea,...

Sterling Baker was in the National Youth Administration and trained to be a carpenter. He was also in charge of the...

Donald Herbert Shown and the Indianapolis [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] were in the Aleutians at the...

Arthur L. Eads was born in Plainville, Kansas [Annotator's Note: in August 1920]. His father was a farmer, but then...

Alfred Raymond Mosher lost about 30 or 40 pounds while he was a prisoner. Mosher remained in the Navy for an additional...

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