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Robert L. Rorschach enlisted in the Navy and attended Midshipman School at Prairie State, and spent time aboard the...

As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). On...

Edward Driscoll loved President Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States], and...

Victor James Yost was born on a farm in Illinois in October 1920. His parents were farmers. Yost was one of eight...

They went to the South Pacific to the Solomons [Annotator's Note: Solomon Islands]. The ship was pretty crowded.At Mare...

They went directly into Ormoc Bay [Annotator's Note: Philippines]. Once the troops landed the kamikazes started to...

Cleatus Lebow believes that, although the contents of the crate they carried to was top secret, speculation among the...

William G. Roy is proud of his role in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. He thinks that the...

Clyde Barber later completed two tours of duty in Vietnam [Annotator's Note: Vietnam War, or Second Indochina War, 1...

Sterling Cale was sent to Korea near Pusan while the rest of the transferred troops went to Sasebo, Japan. He was with...

After returning to his carrier, Norman Kleiss got a cup of coffee and prepared for his next flight. About that time a...

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