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James Oney was scared when bombs were falling [Annotator's Note: during air raids on Stirling Island, Treasury Islands...

The first and only time Raymond Bailey ever came under attack was on 19 March 1945. They were 50 miles off the coast of...

Connick was born in Mobile, Alabama on 27 March 1926. He moved with his family to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of...

Robert Dickinson boarded the newly commissioned USS Queenfish (SS-393) as a Seaman Second Class. It didn't seem like he...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

Pearl Harbor was "a mess," and John Cassidy said he learned that one of his classmates from officers' candidate school...

When on attack, Robert Dickinson was usually at the helm or on one of the bow or stern planes. When on the surface, he...

Buck Donaldson was born in August 1925 in Grant Parish, Louisiana. He was the fifth child. His father was a doctor and...

After the clean-up of Pearl Harbor, John Cassidy chose to stay in the Pacific on the USS Vincennes (CA-44) which...

Adolfo V. Celaya was taken aboard the Basset [Annotator’s Note: USS Bassett (APD-73), which rescued 154 survivors of...

Gerald Kynett picked up his ship in Evansville, Indiana, then sailed down the Mississippi [Annotator's Note:...

Mark Maynard entered the Navy and initially had training in Idaho and then Illinois. While he was at the second...

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