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James Newsom was assigned to the USS Sarsfield (DD-837) in New York. The Sarsfield was larger than his previous...

Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...

Cleatus Lebow was kept in the hospital ward for four weeks, then flew from Samar Island [Annotator's Note: Samar Island...

Floyd James Reissig was hit by shrapnel from one of his own guns. While they were firing, the shrapnel hit him, causing...

While Richard Bennett was in New Orleans, he met a local in a tavern who offered him and a buddy dinner and lodging for...

One of the chiefs saw Jack Yusen again at the opening of the Taffy 3 memorial and asked Yusen if he remembered him....

Anna McCalla Noren was working as a dietician nurse in late 1941 in nursing school. She learned about the Japanese...

On the morning of the battle, Vejtasa was flying CAP. Jimmy Flately and Johnny Leppla were flying escort for the...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

Charles Wesley Borders served for about two months in the Louisiana Maneuvers in 1943. He and five others were sent...

Thomas Joseph Lemme went directly from Hawaii to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan with Company G, 2nd...

George Hamilton’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting hit by a 50-foot wave and the ship shuttering....

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