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Paul Harless was born in Corryton, Tennessee in December 1921. His father worked in various jobs during the Great...

[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

Fred Bronfin was sent back [Annotator's Note: back to the United States] for more radar training and teaching at Saint...

Stewart Bass participated in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato on 7 April 1945. Weather conditions were not...

Connick and the USS Lander [Annotator's Note: APA-178] brought supplies to Naha Beach on Okinawa. At one point they...

[Annotator's Note: Phineas Stevens was ordered to join a Landing Ship Tank flotilla, LST Flotilla 7, from San Francisco...

John "Jack" Raquepau got called to go to Preflight School in early November 1942. He went to boot camp which was called...

Billy Grieves rode the Falcon [Annotator's Note: US Navy submarine rescue ship USS Falcon (AM-28 /ASR-2)] down to New...

Sterling Cale returned from the various Pacific islands where he was stationed to Honolulu and the hospital at Fort...

Otis Kight had a 30 year career in the Navy. He remembers near the end of boot camp when he was given liberty [...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was bringing troops home as part of Operation Magic...

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