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When he had free time, Floyd James Reissig would chip paint and paint the ship. When he was on an island, the crew...

Clem Thrift went to Norfolk, Virginia for turboelectric training. The ship he helped commission, and on which he...

Chuck states that the guys in the Japanese army at Osaka were pretty good guys. 1 of the Japanese soldiers was even a...

William S. “Bill” Beamish’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his fiancée came to the railroad station...

Kenneth Theis reached Pearl Harbor and discovered that he was to be the Supply and Disbursement Officer on the USS...

Sam L. Miller reported aboard the USS Edgecombe (APA-164) in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California...

Richard Lafleur could smell Japan as they got close. Before long they could see the coastline. He envisioned what the...

James Newsom was assigned to the USS Cole (DD-155). The Cole left Norfolk for North Africa to land Rangers ashore in...

Leo Denault was shipped to Ieshima [Annotator’s Note: Ieshima, Japan]. They were still clearing the jungle. This is...

Claude Bufford Shaw spent his entire wartime service in the Pacific, except for two short trips to the United States to...

[Annotator's Note: Calvin Barrick served in the US Navy aboard the submarine USS Tang (SS-306) and was aboard for that...

Sharks began circling the group of survivors, and Cleatus Lebow said the predators were attacking men who broke away...

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