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When Harold Ronson got onto the beach at Iwo [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945, Iwo...

Donald Stratton went aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Pearl Harbor. The USS Arizona (BB-39) put the Missouri to shame...

After he returned to the United States, Robert Lents took a test to go to officers' school, but after he passed, he...

Joseph Brannan was born in Gillett, Arkansas in 1922. Raised during the Great Depression, his father had a business in...

When his leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] was up, Salvador Guercia returned...

Gene Alair did not find Navy life difficult. He really enjoyed it. After recieving his commission, he was assigned to...

After Hershel Hibbard was discharged from the Navy, he completed high school and went to college for some time on the G...

To Jack Glass, Jig Dog [Annotator's Note: later Rear Admiral James D. Ramage] had nerves of steel. He was totally in...

Paul J. Frisco's regular watch station aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the first year or so he was aboard was in...

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

Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...

Meda Royce Hall [Annotator's Note: a US Navy bombsight instructor] had one pilot that gave him some trouble because he...

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