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Billy Grieves rode the Falcon [Annotator's Note: US Navy submarine rescue ship USS Falcon (AM-28 /ASR-2)] down to New...

Harold Buell wanted to hit a major enemy warship but seemed to never have the opportunity. He finally had his chance...

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

The most significant thing to occur during the Battle of Midway that allowed for American victory is up for debate....

Harold Zeringer was a participant in the assault to take the Japanese held island of Okinawa. The invasion took place...

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

When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...

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

They started taking off the most severely wounded. Another APD [Annotator's Note: a destroyer or destroyer escort...

When Orville Bethard graduated from high school he was 19 years old and eligible for the draft. He did not like the...

Olaf Rose recalled having served under three different skippers on the PT-171 [Annotator's Note: PT-171, Motor Torpedo...

After the conclusion of World War 2, Alvin Sniff was sent back to New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana...

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