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When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

When Company I came to the relief of a decimated Company K, George Peto, who served as a forward mortar observer,...

William Roy [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) as the aircraft carrier's photographer] left Pearl Harbor...

Milton Fernandez left the Galapagos Islands and sailed for Hawaii. At that time, the Japanese were everywhere in the...

Earl Angel and the 11th Airborne [Annotator's Note: 11th Airborne Division] traveled overseas on the USS Edellyn [...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings returned to the States [Annotator's Note: United States] and was put on a list to be a...

Air Corps training for Lincoln Piazzo consisted of primary, basic and advanced programs, and was conducted in three...

Mack was attached to the Sixth Marine Division and sent to Guadalcanal for training. The Sixth Marine Division was...

Loren Bennett thought it was easy to manage the limits of what could be sent home because they were at sea. The guys...

Richard Nummer entered service in November 1943 at 17 years old. He went to San Diego for boot camp. That was his first...

Sterling Cale was assigned to recover the dead from the Arizona [Annotator's Note: USS Arizona (BB-39)] after the...

Gene Alair was assigned to a Transport Division Staff, CTD8, as a flag secretary and navigator aboard the USS Astoria (...

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