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Joseph Daquarna enlisted in early 1945 and went to boot camp in San Diego. Afterward, he was assigned to a submarine...

John Nicholas experienced Japanese suicide attacks on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Gayety (AM-239)]. A wooden...

Stewart Bass flew off the Lexington [Annotator's Note: USS Lexington (CV-16)] to the Japanese home islands over Tokyo...

Olaf Rose said he suffered no lasting effects from the war, and had no trouble transitioning from sailor to civilian....

In April 1942, Dennis Allen Andrews was assigned as the Electrician's Mate 3rd Class to the USS Plunger (SS-179). On...

Edward Chinnis' most memorable experience of World War 2 was going through a typhoon with 55 foot waves. He fought...

Frederick Ellis had a roommate at Tulane [Annotator's Note: Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana] named Eddie...

[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...

Davis Gordon Mayes was born in February 1919 in Pontotoc, Texas. During his service in World War 2, he served on the...

William O’Brien remembers that they ate well on the battleship. They had a small refrigerator. They checked all the...

Wallace McKay was born in May 1925 on a snowy morning in Brainerd, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm outside the city as...

After he retired he played golf. He still lives in California.Childers experienced the big earthquake of 1989.

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