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Thomas Tizzard was on the USS Denver (CL-58) at Bougainville, covering the landing troops. They would bombard the...

David R. Saunders was born in December 1922 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father was a...

While waiting for the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Hutchins (DD-476)] to be commissioned, Mark Brannon learned that he...

William Cart and some other men who worked on the carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-10), on display at...

Paul Sartori Jr. returned home in January 1946. His father was waiting for him. He needed him to go to work. He was a...

Joseph Brannan was born in Gillett, Arkansas in 1922. Raised during the Great Depression, his father had a business in...

Arthur Jackson had been influenced by Marine pilots and wanted to fly. At the recruiting office he took the aviation...

[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] During his service in the...

James D. Comeaux was born in August 1926 in Crowley, Louisiana and grew up in nearby Egan, Louisiana. He did a lot of...

Delewski took part in the Normandy operation. That was the first time the Laffey saw action. He was put in charge of...

Kenneth Killilea boarded a hospital ship offshore of Iwo Jima after being wounded in action. The largest pieces of...

Jack Holder [Annotator’s Note: serving with Patrol Bombing Squadron 103 (VPB-103)] flew missions across the English...

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