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Samuel Goss had no idea that he would become a boat officer. Before he graduated as an ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest...

Fred Wesighan grew up in Kenilworth, New Jersey. After he graduated high school, he wanted to be a pilot in the...

Jump school training was intense for Jacques Brewster Smith. He did a lot of running and swinging exercise. He was...

Hopkins finished that phase in September 1941. Hopkins was assigned to Bombing Squadron 4 which operated off of the USS...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Edmund Durocher spent three months on Pavuvu. The Marine brass cut the division [Annotator's Note: the 1st Marine...

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

Given 30 days survivor leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time], Donald Herbert Shown...

At three in the morning [Annotator's Note: of 11 May 1943], Carroll Harris disembarked from the submarine one mile from...

[Annotator's Note: Fred Bergeron served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner in a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber in...

Harold Joslin was an intercept operator [Annotator's Note: communication code specialist who interpreted enemy coded...

Harry Watson said describing life aboard a submarine can be confusing to someone who isn't qualified. Once qualified, a...

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