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Adolph William Amundson recalled that by the time he arrived at the island [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the...

After Orville Bethard went aboard ship [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] they went to Australia where...

Stewart Bass served aboard an Essex class aircraft carrier. [Annotator's Note: Bass served as a Grumman TBM Avenger...

William Sturman and a buddy liked the Navy and just picked it to join. He wanted to see the ocean. He was old enough to...

Delewski still hears from different people from the Laffey. After the war he took advantage of the G.I. Bill and got...

Edward Driscoll loved President Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States], and...

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The islands [Annotator...

Richard H. Kerr was born in June 1946 in Edgerton, Wisconsin. He grew up with a brother and sister. His father was a...

Horace Trahan was born in January 1927 in Maurice, Louisiana. He had one brother and two sisters. His father owned a...

In 1942 they began to realize that the Japanese were planning an assault on Port Moresby [Annotator's Note: New Guinea...

Cleatus Lebow believes that, although the contents of the crate they carried to was top secret, speculation among the...

Alexander Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group...

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