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Raymond Loidolt took a Navy destroyer back to the United States from China. They went through mines [Annotator's Note:...

James Gulotta was sent to New Caledonia. New Caledonia was a French possession which was used a staging area for new...

Robert G. Aldous' attitude was to either fight in the war or lose the war [Annotator's Note: when asked by the...

Joseph A. Vater was born in March 1917, in Pittsburgh [Annotator's Note: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into...

Clayton Hall was born in Harvey County on a farm near Newton [Annotator's Note: Newton, Kansas]. His father was in...

There were usually 24 planes in James Bazet's squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223)], and...

Running is in Ernest "Ernie" Andrus' nature. He has been a runner most of his life. He ran his first 200 mile relay...

After the war, James Richard O'Rorke stumbled into various events that made his career what it was. That included some...

They were escorting 1 of the carriers and their flight crew. Their flight crew got caught out at night. They attempted...

Making her way alone, Virginia Wilterdink arrived at Camp Devens in Massachusetts to begin her military career. She met...

John Burr joined the Naval ROTC [Annotator's Note: Reserve Officer Training Corps] in college. He was always interested...

Edward Allesandro said that most people are surprised to hear that the Coast Guard was fighting in World War 2. The USS...

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