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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...

Dale Smith was aboard the USS Proteus (AS-19) 99 percent of the time. They had movies and a huge mess hall. If no...

After a year, Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson's flotilla [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6)] was...

Admiral Kinkaid [Annotato's Note: Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid] who had no experince with carriers or aviators, ordered a...

Captain Murray [Annotators Note: Captain Stuart S. Murray] was the captain on the USS Missouri. Starnes and Murray got...

Clarence Robert Duff recalled heading to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

Richard Micklich recalls the relief and happiness he felt on VE Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May...

Kenneth W. Theis was born on 16 February 1923 in East St. Louis, Illinois. The family moved to Amarillo, Texas when he...

Baptiste was born in Saint James Parish, Louisiana on 4 November 1916. He is in town [Annotator's Note: New Orleans]...

After the big battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of Surigao Strait, 24 to 25 October 1944 in Surigao Strait, Philippines...

John Votrobeck likes to think the war did not change him. The training he went through honed his skills, particularly...

Having survived the sinking of USS Arizona (BB-39) and the subsequent treatment for his burn injuries, Lauren Bruner...

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