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[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

Raymond Hayes went into service in July 1947 [Annotator's Note: he corrects this later]. He got out in 1959. He had...

Richard O'Hara had one brother three and a half years older than him who went in the Marines earlier than O'Hara. He...

Ari Phoutrides's only thought of that day [Annotator's Note: a kamikaze attack on 15 to 16 April 1945] was that it was...

Harold “Hal” Leith arrived in Kunming, China by airplane. His aircraft was successful in reaching the destination, but...

Harry Bender enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1944 and went through boot camp, which had him wondering why he decided to...

Wilbur Rogers' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Foote (DD-511)] and crew were preparing for the invasion of Japan, but the...

Life aboard ship was just something Charles Bishop and his fellow sailors adjusted to. They worked four hours on and...

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

David McKinley Blackwell never saw combat during his deployment. His unit [Annotator's Note: 30th Evacuation Hospital]...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was an engine operator who was on the ground...

Allen Lamm enlisted in the Navy and did his basic training in Great Lakes, Illinois. The training was not very...

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