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They had the Evans floating and had an auxiliary generator running; that meant lights and refrigeration. They were...

Wim de Jonge could tell when he left Holland for the East Indies that war was looming. He was not concerned with...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

After Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] left Pearl Harbor for Midway she took on the Saratoga Air Group [...

On the troop ship out of Pearl Harbor, Holly Rees said there was little to do, and the soldiers played cards and got...

[Annotator's Note: he was], Walter Knapps [Annotator's Note: a Marine guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station during...

Robert Rosendahl's squadron [Annotator's Note: 3rd Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group] was stationed at a gunnery...

[Annotator's Note: Walter Jacobs served in the Army as a squad leader in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

J. W. Childs only became close friends with one crewmate while he was in the Navy, and thinks that is the greatest...

On 28 August [Annotator's Note: 28 August 1944], LST-1047 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank], the ship to which...

James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...

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