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When the crew abandoned the USS Perch (SS-176), Robert Lents said some of the guys in the water turned on their...

They [Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher and his rear seat gunner George Fergusson] were taken to a sick bay in the bow [...

Ray Eshelman did not take long to transition back to civilian life. He was looking forward to it. He did not miss the...

Frank M. Heuer Sr. was assigned to the crew of a crash boat and deployed to Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll,...

Elmer Spraker thought he might transition into rebuilding maritime engines in the civilian sector, and in this section...

World War 2 began in 1931 when Japan invaded north China [Annotator's Note: Manchuria region of China]. Austin H....

On 1 June 1945, 800 B-29s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] and B-17s [Annotator's Note:...

They started back to Australia to begin the process of removing the dead from the ship [Annotators Note: from the USS...

Joseph LaNier did not know what he would do after the service. He was reserve and not regular Army. Consequently, his...

Paul J. Frisco enlisted in the Navy because of his father's service during World War 1 and because of the Navy's...

Ernest "Ernie" Andrus left [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on a Merchant Marine ship. Once they were...

Frank George Memory had no problems returning from the war. He was married in 1946 and had five children with his wife...

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