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Sterling Baker was on the invasion of Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands]. When he was in Leyte [...

John Nicholas fought in World War 2 because the guys before him had signed up so he had to do so also. He had to fight...

In Providence, Rhode Island, Edward Driscoll joined the newly formed Torpedo Squadron 13 [Annotator's Note: Torpedo...

Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...

John E. Johnson went back to the ship, but not all his crewmates did. After replacements came from a nearby receiving...

John St. Germain was born in Saint John, North Dakota in September 1926. He had four brothers and two sisters. Two...

Buck Donaldson had to be able to tell the difference between Morse code sounds [Annotator’s Note: Morse code is a...

Childers was then assigned to Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Childers though that Ft. Rucker would be good duty but it wasn't. He...

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

Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] got a message from the Naval Air Station [Annotator's...

When they [Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff and the rest of the strike group] arrived at the point where they [Annotator's...

Hugh Wingo was born in August 1918 in South Carolina. When he was 13 years old, they moved to North Carolina. He lived...

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