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Louis Andriano graduated high school at 17 [Annotator's Note: January 1944]. His father wanted him to work but he could...

When Astley Blackwell got in the water he realized that his life belt had a hole in it. He grabbed a keg which had come...

One of the guys that James Ramage was flying with looked back at one of the burning Japanese carriers and said, "Look...

Frederick Ellis had seven 40mm guns [Annotator's Note; Bofors 40mm automatic cannon] and 12 20mm guns [Annotator's Note...

O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1940] in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland served in the Navy as a radio operator on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and was aboard...

Otis Kight grew up near Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia] and nearby Stone Mountain [Annotator's Note: Stone...

After joining the Navy, Douglas Holmes Blair was assigned to the USS Hampden County (LST-803). The crew left New...

Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally. When Crain was on the transport ship...

When they arrived at Pearl Harobr, Air Group 6 needed one more run before they rotated home. During the trip to Truk...

Wiley discussed how the natives found a large canoe that they could use. They filled the holes in the canoe with sap...

Lyle Mitchell was born in September 1918 in New York. He had a sister and a brother. His sister is two years younger...

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