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Harold Ward has never seen any history on what happened to the Helena [Annotators Note: USS Helena (CL-50)], the...

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...

Ray Eshelman knew everybody was going to be drafted. There was also a universal interest in joining the service and...

After doing shore duty for a couple weeks, Lincoln Grahlfs was transferred to Guam [Annotator’s Note: Northern Marianas...

At 11 years in the Navy, Randall Edwards decided to make a career of the military. In 1946, he had an unfortunate...

Frank M. Heuer Sr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in October 1923. He grew up with three sisters and one brother....

Clem Thrift was born in January 1927 in Thomasville, North Carolina. He never knew his father, who died in an accident...

Alexander Vraciu was on a mission with a flight of 12 aircraft when he noticed five Zeros [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi...

Joseph Conklin LaNier, II was born in Columbus, Mississippi on 25 March 1926. He personally adapted the spelling of his...

Richard Tempus Dixon's time in the Philippines was interesting. Some of the natives got hold of some hand grenades and...

James Warren David recalled always having the supplies they needed while living on the island [Annotator's Note: on...

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