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The Laffey was in a rough state. She had been hit a number of times from a number of direction. Everything from the...

Ralph Weymouth was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] in San Diego when he learned of the...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

From New Guinea, Jack Yusen and the other survivors [Annotator's Note: survivors of the 25 October 1944 sinking of the...

Norman Sterrie thought he would be going home [Annotator's Note: he was a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo plane pilot in...

When the war started everyone started working with what they had. Merrill's group patrolled up and down the Hawaiian...

[Annotator's Note: Someone off camera interjects at various points.] As his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Suwannee (...

Marvin Hill can recall many anecdotes from his military career, ranging from boot camp to discharge. He had no...

Showers was born on a farm in Iowa. As a student, he remembers the Armed Forces recruiting students. The first station...

By the night of 5 August [Annotator’s Note: 1945], Paul J. Murphy had been in the sea for five nights and four days [...

James Born remarked on his feelings of the Japanese during World War 2. He had a very low opinion of the Japanese...

George Joseph Sullivan moved from Mbanika [Annotator's Note: Mbanika Island, Solomon Islands] on an APC [Annotator's...

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