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Because James McCorriston had attended machinist mate school, he was transferred to the B Division [Annotator's Note:...

Fred Bergeron was 19 years old when he took part in the Battle of Midway. He did not really have any idea just how...

The war came along. Francis Bucher remembers first hearing that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note...

Richard Higgins joined the Marine Corps in 1940. He was set on the Marine Corps from the beginning. He never considered...

After Korea, Walter Bowsher served as the San Diego brig warden. In 1953, he was in charge of the escort section of men...

The Zero [Annotator's Note: Japanese Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, referred to as the Zeke or Zero] was tough to...

Paul Ignatius was assigned to Composite Squadron 80 (VC-80) aboard the USS Manila Bay (CVE-61) as the squadron’s...

Ray Anthony had contacts with 20th Century Fox because he had made movies there with “Sun Valley Serenade” [Annotator’s...

In 1942 they began to realize that the Japanese were planning an assault on Port Moresby [Annotator's Note: New Guinea...

After cutting himself badly on coral in the Marshall Islands, Ed Weber was put on a hospital ship [Annotator's Note: 31...

At the end of the war, Mort Oman [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 251st Field Artillery Battalion as a fire...

When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...

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