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Robert Templet was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 1920. At the age of five years old, his family moved to...

Robert Brant and his ship made it to Kyushu, Japan after hitting a typhoon in the Pacific. Brant recalled having ill...

Lawrence Winnier cannot really blame the people because it [Annotator's Note: racial discrimination in the service] was...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for Navy service and was assigned as a radioman on the newly constructed USS Balao (SS...

Ralph Marcarelli had his best experience back in the United States when he entered Seattle [Annotator's Note: Seattle,...

George Mouton went to San Pedro, California, and reported aboard the USS Bosque (APA-135). From there he went to Pearl...

After leaving Pearl Harbor, William Roy and the rest of the crew of the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5...

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

Dale Smith was born in Ontario, California in March 1925. His great grandfather moved there in 1892 and was a founder....

Walter Bud Gafford [Annotator's Note: while serving aboard the USS Maryland (BB-46)] witnessed combat off Okinawa [...

[Annotator's Note: Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen served in the Navy and was assigned to Pier 92 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in...

Choosing to go in the Navy [Annotator's Note: in 1944] was natural for Philip Curran. He grew up on the water. His...

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