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[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...

John Burr was born in Massachusetts in 1919. His family was in banking and brokerage. He lived in nice circumstances....

They went to the South Pacific to the Solomons [Annotator's Note: Solomon Islands]. The ship was pretty crowded.At Mare...

Louis Conter left boot camp in San Diego, California with the knowledge that he was to be assigned to the battleship...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the Navy. He previously knew he would have to serve. He had no problem with boot camp. He...

Robert D. Shaner was called up 1 July 1943 to go to a school in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Arizona State Teachers College...

Joseph LaNier joined the United States Navy in February 1944. African-Americans prior to 1942 were not allowed to join...

While teaching in Wausau, Wisconsin, F. Lincoln Grahlfs read about the National Association of Atomic Veterans and...

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

Alfred Taddeo is from Portland, Oregon. While there with a group of classmates at the University of Portland Oregon [...

Chester Hollingsworth did not have much fun in basic training. The trainees were assigned ten to a tent. Besides...

James Thomas Womack was born in January 1921 in Naples, Texas. He was one of six children. During the Great Depression...

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