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Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

Dr. Robert Beynon was born in August 1924 in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1942 and enlisted in the Navy....

On 5 July [Annotator's Note: 5 July 1945], after refuel and refit in Perth [Annotator's Note: Perth, Australia], John...

Marvin Tyson was in Little Creek, Virginia [Annotator's Note: Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, now Joint...

Paul Sartori Jr. was proud of serving in the Navy. He felt good about doing something for his country. He served with...

Otis Kight was in flight school as the war was ending. He made it to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] as...

By the night of 5 August [Annotator’s Note: 1945], Paul J. Murphy had been in the sea for five nights and four days [...

Jack Pierce went to boot camp for six weeks in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. Then he went to L.A...

[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...

Stinson was born in Columbia, Alabama. After he and his classmates graduated from high school in 1943 they joined the...

The boats were scattered around little islands, each with a pier, and Richard McEwen said the sailors ate their meals...

Edwin Henlebin loaded onto a troop ship in San Francisco, California. He was issued Army clothing so that he couldn't...

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