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Emmett Guderian's Navy career gave him all kinds of new experiences, from world travel to intense emotions. He...

Alex Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero at Tarawa while flying with...

Robert D. Shaner made a trip to the Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note: Lingayen Gulf, Philippines aboard the USS LST-475...

Wiley was put into a shack and slept the night there. That night he met the Chief of the tribe and was taken to a...

When they were heading to Tonga, Fred Bergeron and the rest of his air group were dropped off in Fiji. They flew some...

Elmer Koenig wanted to get out of the Navy, but he did not have enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was...

Gordon Tadewaldt recalled that he wanted to join the Navy because he wanted to fight like the rest of his friends. He...

Vejtasa and the interviewer are getting acquainted and set out how the interview will be conducted. The interviewer...

Vernon Micheel was born and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college in Ames [Annotator's Note: Ames, Iowa] and...

Wallace Spencer remembers the air groups and the pilots stayed away from the sailors. In one attack, all the colored...

Between graduating from college and beginning the program at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland,...

Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...

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