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John Singlaub was trained by the British Special Forces. Some of the training included assuming an artificial...

Joseph Brannan was sent on a train to San Diego, California for boot camp after he enlisted in the United States Navy....

Erik Johnsen was a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine on the SS Dolly Madison. The major missions of the ship were...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

During the battle Commander Becton [Annotator's Note: Admiral F. Julian Becton] was very calm. He gave orders to the...

Woods did well in school. He could have gone on to any of the advanced training schools but he volunteered to go out as...

John Singlaub was nervous about parachuting into France, but, even so, his team was not ineffectual. Prior to the jump...

Joseph Brannan reached Tulagi on the USS Niagara (AGP-1) [Annotator's Note: the USS Niagara (PG-52) was redesignated...

The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alex Vraciu was...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine on the SS Dolly Madison. He doesn't recall the cargo on his first trip...

After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....

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