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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...

The first thing they [Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody and his rear seat gunner John Liska] needed was water. Behind...

Paul Sartori Jr. went home on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] and then went...

Paul J. Murphy had his first campaign [Annotator’s Note: as a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] in...

Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] reminded Noah Lewis of Hawaii. It was hot all the time. On Guam, Lewis...

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

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

William Ward Crawford was born in 1914 in Akron, Ohio. He was aware of the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The...

James W. Metcalf was born in Toledo, Ohio in September 1924. When he was still an infant, Metcalf’s father moved the...

When Julian Trist Bringier McConnell left the bigger ship that took him overseas, he patrolled mountainous islands and...

Everett Hyland's wounds still bother him. He had a nerve check done on him in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego,...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. was assigned to the USS Tippecanoe (AO-21) tanker. Most individuals were wary of serving on...

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