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Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

[Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone in the background that is assisting the interviewee in answering the interviewer’s...

[Annotator's Note: Patrick Zilliacus emigrated to the United States from Finland with his mother and brother.] They...

Ralph Marcarelli was aboard an LST [Annotator's Note: landing ship, tank] when he ventured around many islands to...

After the war ended, William Beaman was sent back to San Francisco, California on the USS Flasher (SS-249), then...

Dale Smith was assigned to the USS Proteus (AS-19), a submarine repair and supply ship. It was big and had about 800...

Fred Bergeron was 19 years old when he took part in the Battle of Midway. He did not really have any idea just how...

Merrill was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga, CV-3] both times she was torpedoed.When they left...

On the morning of 7 December [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Harold Ward remembers that it was quiet after they secured from general quarters. Around three in the afternoon they...

The navy commander leading the Hornet's [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet, CV-8] air group was responsible for the deaths...

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