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Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] headed to the Philippines,...

[Annotator's Note: A person off camera comments in the background throughout this clip.] Harry A. Donovan became a...

That attack on the Japanese fleet off Guadalcanal was a turning point in Martin Carmody’s life. He felt bad about...

Edward Chinnis was ready to go home after the war but he did have a lot of fun in the Navy. After leaving the Navy, he...

About a month before the Battle of Midway the skipper decided to assign crews. The chief radioman asked if anyone had a...

Pete Brock and his twin brother enlisted in the Navy together on 27 April 1944 and were called to active duty on 6 June...

Warren Huggins left San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco, California] and headed for Manila [Annotator’s Note...

The ship spent a few days in San Diego. When the Yorktown had passed through the Panama Canal, Vejtasa had been...

Melvin Munch was discharged in 1946. He had volunteered to be the unit baker while on Okinawa because the traditional...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war held at the Sandakan Prisoner of War Camp in Sandakan,...

Buck Donaldson had to be able to tell the difference between Morse code sounds [Annotator’s Note: Morse code is a...

When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...

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