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Waldron was the commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron 8. He wanted things done his way and he wanted them done right....

Vernon wore a ring. Hershel Williams also wore a ring that was to remind him of his engagement to his fiancee Ruby....

Harold G. Cowart was born in September 1924 in Statesboro, Georgia. His parents were sharecroppers and he and his 11...

Edward O. Wood, Senior was born in January 1927 in Orlando, Florida. He had two younger siblings. During the Great...

Adolph Wilson and his battalion of the Marine Paratroopers arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia. They had been preceded by...

Al Currier was sent to Fort Custer [Annotator's Note: Fort Custer Training Center, Kalamazoo County and Calhoun County...

The South [Annotator's Note: the Southern states in the United States] was poor and the Northern states were better off...

There is newsreel footage of an awards ceremony Fred Bergeron was part of that was shown in his home town while he was...

Hersey Goodwin and the gunners spent a lot of time with flight recognition. When the plane flew into the one in front,...

David Harvey engaged kamikazes at Okinawa, Tokyo, and Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Japan]. The skipper [Annotator's Note...

Clyde Hymel was born in Garyville, Louisiana in April 1926, and had fun growing up there. His father was a supervisor...

Benjamin Hagans enjoyed fishing. He did not wear clothes until he was six years old. He would climb trees and gather...

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