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Starnes grew up in Decatur, Georgia. His father was a travelling salesman. By the time he started school he was living...

Hugh Wingo and his unit trained at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] for a while before they went...

Merrill was returning from a search mission just as the Doolittle Raiders were taking off from the Hornet [Annotator's...

James Paul Lynch was on the Wainwright [Annotator's Note: USS Wainwright (DD-419)] until June 1942 in the North...

After joining the Navy, David Eugene Turnbull was sent to Great Lakes Training Center [Annotator’s Note: Chicago,...

One time that scared William Beaman happened when the USS Flasher (SS-249) was firing electric torpedoes. They were...

Norman Sterrie thought he would be going home [Annotator's Note: he was a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo plane pilot in...

The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...

Meda Royce Hall attended Aviation Ordnance School in Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Norfolk, Virginia], and graduated in...

Thomas Lusco Sr. was put on the USS Tucker [Annotator’s Note: USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875)] in December [Annotator’s...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

Floyd James Reissig, known as Buddy, was born in Travis County, outside of Austin, Texas in March 1919. His father was...

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