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Melvin Munch would have been part of the invasion force for assaulting the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombs kept...

Coming back to the United States was kind of boring for Robert D. Shaner. They [Annotator's Note: Shaner and the crew...

Bill Norberg boarded USS Enterprise (CV-6) and was amazed by the ship. He could never find the swimming pool. He was a...

Sharks began circling the group of survivors, and Cleatus Lebow said the predators were attacking men who broke away...

Stewart Bass was excited and nervous to fly his first combat mission. He soon calmed down, followed his training and...

Subic Bay [Annotator's Note: Subic Bay, Philippines] was a nice Naval establishment before it was all lost [Annotator's...

Otis Kight had his basic training for the Navy at Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia...

Paul J. Murphy got into the water which was covered with oil and black tar [Annotator’s Note: he had just abandoned the...

The Marines on Midway were a little shook up themselves. Just after they landed, a bomber squadron from the Hornet [...

Dale Peterson felt the Okinawa campaign to be the most difficult. He was at battle stations 113 times. Fear of death...

Charles Chatterton was responsible for orienting new personnel on the vessel [Annotator's Note: USS LCI(L)-334]. A man...

Charles Bishop was born in New Haven, Connecticut in November of 1920. The depression years were sketchy. His mother...

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