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[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

Jack Skaggs was on Wake Island on 23 December 1941 when the Japanese launched their amphibious invasion of the island....

David Yoho was on a fleet oiler in World War 2. The ship took on fuel sometimes from a fuel barge in order to refuel...

Thomas Edward Pugh was born in June 1924 in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in Denton [Annotator's Note: Denton, Texas]. His...

A few weeks after the battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of Midway, 4 to 6 June 1942], Leon Williamson returned to Ewa [...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

The replacement center was just outside of Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines], and once he was...

Aboard ship, the head [Annotator's Note: naval slang for toilet or bathroom] was full. Nobody showed any fear...

Before the Battle of the Coral Sea , Vejtasa's group got some information on the Japanese base at Rabaul and the...

Allen Horton reported aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36), and a fellow Princeton acquaintance helped him settle into...

Harvey Mittleman and his unit [Annotator's Note: with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion, also known as Seabees] was...

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