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Peter Hebert’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was wanting to join the Navy and the patriotism of the country...

Bruce McCormick went to China. He was non-rated. He asked his Division officer if he could take a test to get Third...

Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...

Tony Schneider begins by discussing that the crew aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6) wanted to "get back" at the Japanese...

Joseph Fisher remembers that they would have air raids with one or two planes at a time. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a...

Sterling Cale served in World War 2 because he got caught up in it while he was in the service. While Cale was in...

Paul J. Murphy had his first campaign [Annotator’s Note: as a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] in...

To conserve what little was left in the battery, Donald Hoff turned off the transmitter, receiver, intercom and IFF or...

At Ormoc Bay, John E. Johnson drove his LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel also referred to as...

In 1929, Bill Norberg's father lost his job due to the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression was a...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for Navy service and was assigned as a radioman on the newly constructed USS Balao (SS...

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

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