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Jack Leaming and other Allied prisoners of war, POWs, were forced to work by the Japanese after capture. Work details...

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

Jack Leaming had a buddy nicknamed Ace who was a prisoner of war, POW, from the carrier Yorktown. [Annotator's Note: At...

The USS San Francisco (CA-38) replenished and headed down towards the Coral Sea. They raided New Guinea airport and the...

Olaf Rose recalled having served under three different skippers on the PT-171 [Annotator's Note: PT-171, Motor Torpedo...

Paul Ignatius did not have post-traumatic stress or nightmares from his experiences in World War 2. He is proud of his...

Robert L. Rorschach was born in Tulsa [Annotator's Note: Tulsa, Oklahoma] in August 1922. It was a small town at the...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was raised in Richmond, Virginia. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a...

Harlan Twible and many others saw the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] as it went down. They were...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Glass served in the Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6) as an aviation radioman in Fighting...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

Sterling Baker was in the National Youth Administration and trained to be a carpenter. He was also in charge of the...

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