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David Harvey would be assigned liberty depending on what side of the ship he was on, port or starboard. Passes were...

Richard Miralles got word on his 18th birthday that they were going home. He went on liberty [Annotator's Note: an...

In 1929, Bill Norberg's father lost his job due to the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression was a...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

William Beaman thinks young people should be taught the history of World War 2, and believes it is important that there...

Emil Schoonejans volunteered for service in the Navy. He originally wanted to go into the air force. He and a buddy...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

Earnest told the man at the base that he was ordered to Torpedo Squadron 8. He was to report to them in 3 days. Three...

Gordon Tadewaldt recalled that he wanted to join the Navy because he wanted to fight like the rest of his friends. He...

Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] reminded Noah Lewis of Hawaii. It was hot all the time. On Guam, Lewis...

Alvin Barnes was temporarily assigned to the USS Indianapolis [Annotator's Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] for one day...

Austin H. Kiplinger was born in 1918 and raised in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding regions in Virginia and...

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