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Guidone, Frank Fighting the Japanese
[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] While...
Bruner, Lauren Reflections
Reflecting on the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Lauren Bruner still gets emotional. He discusses a...
Shaw, Claude Surviving the Sinking of the USS Walke (DD-416)
Claude Bufford Shaw spent his entire wartime service in the Pacific, except for two short trips to the United States to...
Nicholas, John Aerial Attack
John Nicholas first experienced an aerial attack on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Gayety (AM-239)] a few months...
Geiger, John The First Mission
John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: a member of the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit known as the Alamo Scouts]...
Bailey, Raymond Service After the USS Franklin (CV-13)
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Bailey served in the Navy as an aircraft mechanic aboard the USS Franklin (CV-13). He...
Guercia, Salvador Early Life, Enlistment and Deployment
Salvador Guercia was born in February 1926 in Long Beach, Mississippi. He lived on his grandfather's farm until he was...
Kent, Edward Invasion of Kiska
Edward F. Kent headed to Kiska in the Aleutian Islands [Annotator’s Note: Aleutian Islands, Alaska] with his unit [...
Lopez, Lionel Postwar Career
Lionel Lopez was a shoe salesman before the war. He went back to work for the same company after he got out of the...
Ussery, Jake The Mariana Islands and Iwo Jima
Jake Ussery was aboard the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] following the American recapture of the...
Twigger, William First Enemy Fire
The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

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