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James Thomas Womack was born in January 1921 in Naples, Texas. He was one of six children. During the Great Depression...

George Joseph Bertucci felt the war improved him because he furthered his education afterwards. He had ambition to do...

There was a problem with some of the arming switches in the Bombing 3 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 3] bombers....

Lowell Rodrigue received more training and was assigned to a unit that was on a Merchant Marine ship. They went to...

Richard Tempus Dixon was born in June 1925 in Oakland, California. He was the second of two sons raised by his father...

Richard O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane] gave William Leibold a nice 35mm...

Jack D. Owen was inducted into the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1944] in Tyler, Texas, and then boarded a train to San...

James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...

Hershel Hibbard recalled the process of refueling the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)]. Another ship...

Cass Phillips got into a ferry squadron after he returned home. He flew all kinds of planes he never could before. He...

Joseph Brannan reached Tulagi on the USS Niagara (AGP-1) [Annotator's Note: the USS Niagara (PG-52) was redesignated...

Robert D. Shaner got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-475] and explored [Annotator's Note: after they landed...

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