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Schneider, Tony Doolittle Raid and Reflections
Tony Schneider recaps his involvement in the Doolittle Raid that took place on 18 April 1942. Assigned to VB-6 [...
McMullen, Milton Japanese Attack on the Philippines
Milton L. McMullen, Sr. heard about the attack at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...
Perino, Salvador Early Life
Salvador Perino was born in March 1924. He grew up in the Irish Channel, New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans,...
Lucas, Jack Surviving Iwo Jima
Jacklyn Lucas was just asking God to save him [Annotator's Note: after being wounded by the hand grenade he jumped on...
Chinnis, Edward Reflections on the War
Edward Chinnis' most memorable experience of World War 2 was going through a typhoon with 55 foot waves. He fought...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Not An Easy Story to Tell
Ittsei Nakagawa never wanted to talk about it [Annotator's Note: surviving the atomic bomb detonation over Hiroshima,...
Chatterton, Charles In the Navy
Charles Chatterton was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1925. and grew up in the nearby town of Quincy. He...
Oney, James The Pacific to Home
On Treasury Island [Annotator's Note: Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands], James Oney was in charge of...
Mittleman, Harvey War's End and Post War
Harvey Mittleman and his unit [Annotator's Note: with the 58th Naval Construction Battalion, also known as Seabees] was...
Freligh, Robert Battle of Leyte Gulf
Robert Freligh’s crewman Sam Plonski was from the Boston area, and Peter Sanchez from the Chicago area. He always flew...
Snyder, Kenneth Trading Booze for Lumber
In a battery of 120 men [Annotator's Note: Battery D, 16th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion], they had to set up their...

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