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They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

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

The Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)] had torpedo problems on most of her runs. Billy Grieves kept an...

After returning to the USS Enterprise (CV-6), they [Annotator's Note: Martin Carmody and his rear seat gunner John...

Sharks began circling the group of survivors, and Cleatus Lebow said the predators were attacking men who broke away...

During his service in World War 2, Edward Driscoll enjoyed meeting other types of people from all over the country, and...

Everett Hyland was on the radio gang on the Memphis [Annotator's Note: USS Memphis (CL-13)]. They picked up 200...

Melvin Munch would have been part of the invasion force for assaulting the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombs kept...

It took Blanchard quite a while to get topside. There was a lot of smoke. The men had to move to get away from it all....

Frederick Ellis and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-751] went back and forth among the islands in the Pacific on...

Stewart Bass' most memorable experience in World War 2 was his participation in the attack on the Japanese battleship...

Benjamin Clark Amsden transitioned to flying the Corsair [Annotator's Note: Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft after...

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