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Otis Kight's squadron, VF-42 [Annotator's Note: Fighting Squadron 42 (VF-42), USS Yorktown (CV-5)] had the bulk of the...

John "Jack" Raquepau and his group [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51), Air Group 51] bombed Clark Field [...

James Paul Lynch had a wonderful experience on the Snook [Annotator's Note: USS Snook (SS-279)]. They had fine officers...

After the landings on Leyte, Philip Nelson returned to Hawaii. He was assigned to an amphibious training base, ATB-900...

Shortly after Frederick Ellis reached Japan and the point system was in place for sending them home. The points got...

After completing the Navy basic training program, William Hill was enrolled in the University of Chicago [Annotator’s...

Robert Hammond had to deal with his own health when he was on leave in Philadelphia. He had an appendectomy, and while...

Raymond Birdsall [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 3rd Class on the USS Batfish (SS-310)] was 17 years old when he joined...

William Lee Barnes does not remember seeing the island of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], but he does...

After discharge, Windom Joseph Burton briefly used the G.I Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. During his overseas...

[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA-38...

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