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Joseph Brannan was born in Gillett, Arkansas in 1922. Raised during the Great Depression, his father had a business in...

On Treasury Island [Annotator's Note: Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands], James Oney was in charge of...

After the war, Richard H. Kerr enlisted into the regular Navy and remained in service for 30 years. His first...

William O’Brien and fellow sailors played cards or slept when they were not working. He had to take classes to get a...

Irwin Schneider was injured on a PT boat patrol out of Milne Bay [Annotator’s Note: in Papua New Guinea]. He went to...

Floyd James Reissig was a Petty Officer 3rd Class in the Navy. He served as a Coxswain [Annotator's Note: person in...

Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...

William Currier [Annotator's Note: while serving as a radarman aboard the USS Hall (DD-583)] headed to Iwo Jima [...

Archie Kelley admired Rickover [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral Hyman G. Rickover; nicknamed Father of the Nuclear...

Jack Holder [Annotator’s Note: serving with Patrol Bombing Squadron 103 (VPB-103)] flew missions across the English...

While off the coast of Washington state, there were large logs floating in the water. Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade tried...

Allen Horton was born in 1921 in Middletown, Connecticut, a congregational minister's son. His father's profession...

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