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When the crew abandoned the USS Perch (SS-176), Robert Lents said some of the guys in the water turned on their...

James Gaffney reveals how the PT Boat reacted to rough seas. Included is an explanation of how the bilge pumping system...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) were first attacked by Japanese suicide aircraft in the Lingayen...

James Oney cannot think of anything that exciting that stands out [Annotator's Note: about his service in World War 2...

Frank George Memory had no problems returning from the war. He was married in 1946 and had five children with his wife...

Vernon Micheel sailed on a freighter manned by a crew from Ceylon [Annotator's Note: now Sri Lanka, November 1942]. He...

David Hanning believes he was lucky that his service happened during a meaningful and necessary requirement. He...

Ari Phoutrides's only thought of that day [Annotator's Note: a kamikaze attack on 15 to 16 April 1945] was that it was...

Marion Labauve was born in February 1924 in Plaquemine, Louisiana. He was in the depression [Annotator's Note: the...

Paul Sparacino thought the explosions were unreal [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5)...

Elmer Spraker thought he might transition into rebuilding maritime engines in the civilian sector, and in this section...

Jack Leaming was shipped to the Ofuna prison camp after Yokohama. Baths were in individual tubs with water heaters. The...

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