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

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

Chester Hollingsworth was born on a farm in October 1917 near Greenville, Texas. He had two brothers and two sisters....

Norman Sterrie participated in the Battle of Coral Sea on 7 and 8 May. [Annotator's Note: 7 and 8 May 1942. Sterrie was...

Raymond Bailey was born and raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Jobs at the time only paid about one dollar per day....

Monpat was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He went to E.D. White High School for one year then quit and went...

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

Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer took advantage of the G.I. bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

Wallace Spencer is honored that he was able to serve. He did his job and it was an honor to do it. His hat helped him...

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