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

After bootcamp, Carrel Reavis was sent to Hawaii, where he stayed for the whole war. All he did was load and unload...

On 1 April 1945, James Stewart Rosenbaum, and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th...

Throughout summer of 1945, the Belleau Wood [Annotator's Note: USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)] began launching its planes...

Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...

Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...

Kenneth Beard's most memorable experience of World War 2 was being a switchboard operator. He chose to serve because he...

Eugene N. James was born in Brewton, Alabama. His father was a Methodist minister, and they spent a lot of time in West...

James Billingsley was treated well as a replacement. In combat troops, it is a different thing altogether. He never...

Besides the flag raising, Dave Severance's most vivid memory was the loss of troops. They knew that the Japanese were...

Willis Mills returned to the United States aboard a ship and docked at Oakland [Annotator’s Note: Oakland, California...

Davis Gordon Mayes was born in February 1919 in Pontotoc, Texas. During his service in World War 2, he served on the...

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