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Alex Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...

Erik Johnsen's training in the US Merchant Marine at Henderson Point, Mississippi was very similar to that of a raw...

When Crain got a chance to examine his boat he noticed there were about 50 to 75 marks in the steel where bullets had...

Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...

One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...

John Singlaub parachuted into Central France as the OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, pre-runner of...

John Singlaub lectured around the country after his career in the United States Army. He had two major themes. One...

Erik Johnsen was a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine and his first ship assignment was the SS Dolly Madison which they...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

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