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The Thresher [Annotator's Note: USS Thresher (SS-200)] had torpedo problems on most of her runs. Billy Grieves kept an...

Irwin R. Schneider was born in August 1921 in Newark, New Jersey. He was raised there. His father was a school teacher...

Alfred Taddeo witnessed constant attacks by kamikaze aircraft. He and Kanze [Annotator's Note: US Navy Lieutenant (j.g...

Jack Glass believes that good commanders made the USS Enterprise (CV-6) such a good ship. There was hardly anyone in...

Howard Robert Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma. With environmental issues there, the mines were closed. His father...

Charles “Chuck” Franzke was born in November 1925 in Wellington, Kansas and grew up in Topeka, Kansas. His father had...

It took Blanchard quite a while to get topside. There was a lot of smoke. The men had to move to get away from it all....

Gerald Kynett's family started rationing. His father had to get a special waver for gasoline since he was a salesman....

After his discharge, Harry Walker Wellford used the G.I. Bill to further his education. He owes a debt to the...

[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

Carey Suratt was born in July 1926 in Dennison, Ohio. His father worked for the Pennsylvania railroad as a fireman. His...

Alfred Rodrigues was born on the island of Kauai in Hawaii in October 1922. His mother died early in his life and his...

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