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Jack Dye was still in the Navy when the war was over. They took their load of fuel to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan...

Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...

At Norfolk [Annotator’s Note: Norfolk, Virginia], James W. Metcalf was assigned to Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

The talk among the men about their home life was very interesting and mostly wholesome, according to Richard McEwen. He...

[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The...

In June 1947 Walter Bank went from Japan to the United States and joined the Navy reserves in New York for the benefits...

When Paul Lawrence arrived in New Guinea, the fighting had gone further up the coast. They did see some Bettys [...

Baptiste feels that a lot of talent was lost by the navy segregating them. He used to talk to his officers about it.He...

Hopkins was aboard the Hornet when they were under attack. It was quite an attack. The first few bombs knocked out the...

As a pilot in VB-6 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6)], Tony Schneider sailed aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] saw kamikazes [Annotator's...

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