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The Zero [Annotator's Note: Japanese Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, referred to as the Zeke or Zero] was tough to...

Martin Sherbecoe served for over eight months [Annotator's Note: on occupation duty in Japan] and earned enough points...

Benjamin Clark Amsden transitioned to flying the Corsair [Annotator's Note: Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft after...

Alvin Sniff was born in March 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When the war started, he quit school and went to work in...

Olaf Rose said they did not go out every night, and they kept the engines tuned up, so there was not much work done on...

Robert D. Shaner came into New Guinea and his ship, the LST-475 [Annotator's Note: USS LST-475], was not there so he...

Lyle Bird was born in May 1926 in Bakersfield, California and grew up in Oakland, California. Bird was one of three...

In January 1943, Frank M. Heuer Sr. enlisted in the Navy with his younger brother, Edward. Heuer, his brother, and...

Paul Sparacino was ordered aboard the USS Princeton [Annotator's Note: USS Princeton (LPH-5)] as an airdale [Annotator'...

Because James McCorriston had attended machinist mate school, he was transferred to the B Division [Annotator's Note:...

Sterling Baker's records say that at Casablanca [Annotator's Note: Casablanca, Morocco] he was patrolling a lagoon, but...

Chester Hollingsworth's sub-chaser [Annotators' Note: USS SC-990] initially deployed to perform picket duty [Annotator'...

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