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When Harold Ronson got onto the beach at Iwo [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

Wilbur Rogers laughs at remembering the reward for picking up a downed pilot: ice cream. For each man a ship picked up...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. started his Navy service on 30 October 1942 at Columbia University [Annotator's Note: in...

Arthur Fishman had one sister growing up. His mother died when he was six years old. A few years later, his father...

Frank V. Tarkington was fortunate to have a mild and unexcitable experience in the war. He got a break by having...

Rollins Rosenzweig was born in 1924 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. His father was a prosperous man who had a grocery store...

William O’Brien was on duty in the Philippines. They kept their equipment ready. The ammunition was ready to go on the...

Marvin Hill was born in November 1925 in Louisa County, Virginia, the only male child of six children. His father was...

Life was rather simple in Honolulu, Hawaii when Ray Emory got there in October 1941. He didn't drink in those days, so...

Wallace Spencer describes life aboard the USS Essex (CV-9). There was one man aboard who never took showers so they all...

The Laffey was in a rough state. She had been hit a number of times from a number of direction. Everything from the...

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