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

Norman Sterrie finished flight training in the summer of 1940 [Annotator's Note: Sterrie had entered the Navy in...

After the landings at Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea], Mark Brannon...

Jack Pierce had a good job offer on the West Coast. He tried to get discharged there, but they would not do it. He...

[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] Hall and his squadron [...

O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1940] in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New...

During the second Truk raid Alexander Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group...

After World War 2, William C. Ellzey remained in the Navy until 1961. He was assigned to the USS Forrestal (CV-59) in...

James W. Metcalf was assigned as a turret gunner with the Torpedo Squadron 13 (VT-13) on the USS Franklin (CV-13). On...

Richard O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane] gave William Leibold a nice 35mm...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. had a good life aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tippecanoe (AO-21)]. He had multiple...

The Battle of the Philippine Sea was the end of Jack Glass' combat tour. They finished up the Marianas operation then...

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