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Yusen, Jack Going to Sea on the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
One day, Jack Yusen heard his name called and he was ordered to report to the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413). Yusen and...
Metcalf, James Mission at Leyte Gulf
James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). When...
Caraway, John Early Life, Commissioning and Deployment
John F. Caraway was born on in November 1922 in Baytown, Texas, the son of an antiques dealer. At an early age, his...
Kesselman, Emil Growing up in New York
Emil Kesselman was born in April 1927 in Jamaica, New York. He had one brother, George, who has since passed, and a...
Robinson, Theodore "Ted" Rescuing Kennedy
[Annotator's Note: Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson served in the Navy in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6) and took...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 1
Hopkins grew up on a small farm in Georgia. It was a tenant farm. Hopkins father was farming a piece of property that...
Rogers, Wilbur Reflections
Wilbur Rogers said that everything he did [Annotator's Note: during his time in the US Navy] was before he was 21 years...
Pierce, Jack Working as a Navy electrician
Jack Pierce remembers getting to Kwajalein Island [Annotator’s Note: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands] after they had...
Bucher, Francis Canadian Allies and Deaths of Friends
Francis Bucher was aboard a World War 1 vessel on his way to Adak [Annotator's Note: Adak Island, Aleutian Islands,...
Hall, Meda Reflecting on the War
[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] During his service in the...
Weymouth, Ralph Invasion of Guadalcanal
Ralph Weymouth's first combat action was off Guadalcanal. They were supporting the landings on the seventh [Annotator's...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 1
Monpat was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He went to E.D. White High School for one year then quit and went...

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