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William Leibold spoke to his wife Grace for the first time in years while he was in Oakland. She wanted to visit but he...

Assigned to the commissioning crew of the USS Flasher (SS-249), William Beaman went back to Groton, Connecticut to...

After advanced flight training in Pensacola [Annotator's Note: Pensacola, Florida], John Sanford Gilman was sent to...

James had his back to the explosion when it occurred. 1 shell that went all the way through the armor and came near the...

It was decided that the Laffey was going to head to Washington, DC and be tied up next to the Naval Gun Factory. The...

Robert Taylor slept in a hammock with netting for mosquitoes. They had tents. The chaplain was like the Red Cross guru...

James William Grimes had a discussion with his parents [Annotator's Note: about changing his date of birth on his birth...

Joseph Fisher was born in January 1925 in Marshall, Texas. He had one brother who was two years older. He went through...

The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...

Walter John Guyote was born in St. Mary Parish [Annotator’s Note: St. Mary Parish, Louisiana] in July 1925. He had...

When David Harvey heard that the war had ended, they had 1,500 planes up off the carriers. The British and Russians had...

[Annotators Note: Robert Addison served in the US Marine Corps in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] After Bloody Ridge...

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