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After the war ended, James Buckley got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-1013] five times. One was in San...

While the Laffey was undergoing training on Chesapeake Bay some of the gunners were sent to Dam Neck, Virginia for...

Remi Kidder returned to Arnaudville [Annotator's Note: Arnaudville, Louisiana]. His family knew he was returning. His...

Archie Kelley stayed in the Navy until 1978. There were four officers on Rickover's [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral...

Gerald Wayne Lux joined the service to give the Japanese what they had coming to them after Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

Alfred Taddeo witnessed constant attacks by kamikaze aircraft. He and Kanze [Annotator's Note: US Navy Lieutenant (j.g...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings always had a soft spot for the Marblehead [Annotator's Note: USS Marblehead (CL-12)]. It...

Jimmie Dyer does not recall having any feelings one way or the other against the Japanese at the time, although he...

Gerry Jones and his scout partner, Mack [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity], were out on a patrol mission on...

James Shelton Scales majored in insurance when he was in college. He signed up as an insurance agent after the war. He...

Richard Baile feels that it is important to teach young people about World War 2 but feels that teaching young people...

Donald Campbell was born in 1923 in Cedar Lake, Mississippi, the son of a sawmill worker. He grew up during the Great...

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