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Joseph Brannan reached Tulagi on the USS Niagara (AGP-1) [Annotator's Note: the USS Niagara (PG-52) was redesignated...

Louis B. Hutchinson was born in November 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note...

Donald Hoff's [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...

Wiley relates that at the time of the hit and run carrier raids, they had more aircrew than airplanes. Being a new...

Wesley Waggoner remembers the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7...

Lowell Rodrigue received more training and was assigned to a unit that was on a Merchant Marine ship. They went to...

James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...

Irwin Schneider arrived at Hollandia just after the landings there. There was no opposition to the assault. He had not...

Richard Miralles went to boot camp and trained for two months. Then they went to different schools. Miralles went to...

Harlan Twible returned to the United States in November [Annotator's Note: Novemebr 1945]. He remained in the service...

John Cassidy majored in mining engineering during his first year at the University of Alabama, but he eventually...

Hershel Hibbard recalled the process of refueling the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)]. Another ship...

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