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Floyd James Reissig, known as Buddy, was born in Travis County, outside of Austin, Texas in March 1919. His father was...

Showers was born on a farm in Iowa. As a student, he remembers the Armed Forces recruiting students. The first station...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

Irwin Schneider was injured on a PT boat patrol out of Milne Bay [Annotator’s Note: in Papua New Guinea]. He went to...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson entered the Navy in May 1945 at the age of 17 and did basic training at Great Lakes Naval...

Gerald Kynett picked up his ship in Evansville, Indiana, then sailed down the Mississippi [Annotator's Note:...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Norfolk, Virginia, where he picked up his ship. The ship held four LCMs [Annotator's...

Robert Hammond was sent to Great Lakes, Illinois in the dead of winter for boot camp. He was prepared for the cold, but...

In April 1940, Jack Holder enlisted in the Navy and completed bootcamp in San Diego, California. Boot camp was...

Frank V. Tarkington was born in March 1916 in Oakland, California. He was orphaned, as his mother died when he was...

Raymond Bailey was on the mess deck washing cups when he felt the first shudder caused by the bomb hit [Annotator's...

Wilbur Rogers laughs at remembering the reward for picking up a downed pilot: ice cream. For each man a ship picked up...

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