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John Gehrett reached Sydney [Annotator's Note: as a Supply Officer of a Navy D2 Supply Unit, Gehrett reached Sydney,...

Eugene Corson went to Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22 June...

Edward Chinnis and his fellow sailors hated the Japanese even after the war ended. Chinnis was on occupation duty for...

Raymond Day Gimbut was born in 1921 in Brooklyn [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York,...

Bruce McCormick went to China. He was non-rated. He asked his Division officer if he could take a test to get Third...

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

Sam S. McKeel graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism and was offered...

[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson served aboard the USS Jamestown...

Raymond Hayes went into service in July 1947 [Annotator's Note: he corrects this later]. He got out in 1959. He had...

Melvin Munch corresponded with his future wife back home while he was on Okinawa. The letters had to be reviewed by...

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

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

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