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While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

The worst duty for Vernon Micheel was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as a Douglas SBD...

Joseph Brannan was in a crew on PT-305 that was composed of two officers and from 12 to 14 enlisted men. The enlisted...

Stewart W. Robinson recalls the time the flight deck of the USS Hornet (CV-12) was strafed by Japanese fighters and his...

Norman Elliott and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Pasadena (CL-65)] saw some action while in the Pacific. They had...

Other close calls John Cassidy remembers included a night when two bombers flew so low, in diversionary tactics while...

They [Annotators Note: the dive bombers] would cut the engines if nothing came back from the PBY's and call it a day [...

It was getting dark when they took off after the Japanese fleet. The most Jack Glass had flown up to that point was...

Carl Trim says the tensest time on any trip at sea was when the captain would call everyone to general quarters [...

Fulton Taylor chose the United States Navy because service there appealed to him. His older brother was already in the...

Mark Maynard was one of 27 chiefs in the SUBPAC [Annotator’s Note: Submarine Command Pacific] when only nine were...

[Annotator's Note: Video and sound freeze throughout this clip.] Leo Bednarczyk was born in Chicago, Illinois in June...

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