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Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...

After World War 2, Rex James Bates matured and became a more responsible person. He remarks about his time at the...

Lionel Lopez went to Leyte Island in the Philippines. He stayed on the beach with equipment. On the second day,...

Myers was discharged from the Navy as a Seamen Last-Class [Annotator's Note: either apprentice seaman or seaman 2nd...

When James Bollich ran out of food, he started hunting. He was using World War 1 era ammunition. One day while hunting...

In early April [Annotator's Note: April 1943], second lieutenants were asked to volunteer for duty in the Pacific....

When Richard Thelen returned home, he served at the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station outside of Detroit [Annotator's Note:...

Peter Gallo was discharged as a PFC [Annotator's Note: Private First Class]. He began life as "kind of a sick kid," who...

William O’Brien remembers when the skipper left. They did training on the Pacific side of the canal [Annotator's Note:...

Mahlen Arledge arrived at home from his overseas service without fanfare or even a greeting. He was glad to get back to...

Harold Buell flew his first combat mission at Midway on anti-submarine reconnaissance. He had only one prior experience...

After a few days at Camp Shelby [Annotator's Note: near Hattiesburg, Mississippi], Ray Fitzgerald was sent to Saint...

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