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Astley Blackwell, Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1925. During the depression his family lived with his...

During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) were part of Task Group 38.2 under Admiral...

Joseph Fisher joined the Navy in 1942. His big brother was in the Navy. They used to swim a lot growing up. Fisher was...

Surviving a Storm

After his discharge from serving in World War 2, Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. remained in the Naval Reserve and was called up...

The US Navy had planes ready to help out at Wake Island but the admiral in charge figured that it was going to be too...

That same day, Robert Powers [Annotator's Note: Powers asks for the helmet he wore the day he was shot] was on top of...

In the fall of 1944, Frank M. Heuer Sr. left the Hawaiian Islands and arrived at Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll...

William Beaman was born in October 1924 in Dayton, Ohio, the only boy of three children. His father died when he was...

Before VJ Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945], Joseph Daquana was reassigned to the USS...

Thomas Joseph Lemme teamed up with a fellow named John Prentice Brown [Annotator's Note: Lemme was drafted into the...

Joseph LaNier did not know what he would do after the service. He was reserve and not regular Army. Consequently, his...

Oral History