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Harry A. Donovan received the Purple Heart [Annotator's Note: a Purple Heart Medal is award bestowed upon a United...

Fred Gemmel's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Laffey (DD-724)] was assisted into a port after sustaining damage [...

After his discharge, Ray Emory went to college to study architecture and graduated from the University of Washington....

James was born in North Texas in Aberdene. The town is no longer there. He lived there until he was 10 years old. His...

Remembering the first patrol he experienced, Olaf Rose said, "It gets hot, and the boats are coming at you." The PT...

John "Jack" Raquepau went to get his harness fit and there were enlisted people living on that deck. They had about...

Harold Zeringer joined the 466 [Annotator's Note: USS PC-466] which was a warship of the first magnitude. Zeringer had...

[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was captured by the Japanese during the Battle of Peleliu.] There was nothing...

Murphy Burke made good, lasting friendships while in the Navy, and when he got out, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill...

Harold Buell did two combat cruises with two different squadrons aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6), the "Big E." She was...

Life aboard ship was just something Charles Bishop and his fellow sailors adjusted to. They worked four hours on and...

Sterling Baker was transferred out in the country to a Navy ammunition dump as a guard [Annotator's Note: near...

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