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John "Jack" Raquepau grew up on a farm in Michigan in the Saginaw Valley. The area is noted for navy beans [Annotator's...

After the war ended, the captain of the USS Hampden County (LST-803) threw a huge party in Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam...

The captain [Annotator's Note: Captain Albert Finley France, Jr.] told Tarrant that the Navy was going to be different...

James “Jim” R. Boyd was born in January 1921 in Long Beach, California while his parents were there on vacation....

Remi Kidder returned to Arnaudville [Annotator's Note: Arnaudville, Louisiana]. His family knew he was returning. His...

From New Guinea, Jack Yusen and the other survivors [Annotator's Note: survivors of the 25 October 1944 sinking of the...

Robert S. Gibbs was born in December 1923 in Cedarhurst, New York. He had one sister who was older than him. His family...

Emil Kesselman’s discharge date was set for August 1950 and he went home to New York, and to work at Brillo [Annotator’...

Ben Ray Bost loved getting Marines on board ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LSM-316], especially those from North...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

Mitchell Zimmer and his boat [Annotator's Note: USS Piper (SS-409)] returned to Pearl Harbor en route to the Panama...

[Annotator's Note: Ralph Weymouth served in the Navy as a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 3 (VS-3) flying from...

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