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The navy commander leading the Hornet's [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet, CV-8] air group was responsible for the deaths...

Joseph LaNier tells others to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself. He rose to be vice-president of...

John Gehrett was sent to a Navy supply school in conjunction with Harvard Business School [Annotator's Note: at Harvard...

Socrates Dendrinelis was in Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, Japan] for some time. He came back to San Francisco [...

After the war, Robert Perry found employment as a painter and as a lumber yard worker. He never used the G.I. Bill [...

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

When the Japanese General Homma [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma] brought...

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

Donald Herbert Shown was with a doctor, chaplain and Marine captain who swam around trying to take care of the wounded...

Alexander Vraciu scored nine aerial victories during his first tour. His first kill was a Zero [Annotators Note:...

Paul J. Frisco was aboard a Fletcher-class destroyer, the USS Cushing (DD-797), during World War 2. He was impressed...

Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in Scouting...

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