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Harold Buell was involved in a carrier versus carrier battle in the Eastern Solomon Islands. Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern...

Fulton Taylor returned to California and reported for further assignment. He received a 30 day leave en route to his...

Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...

Noah Lewis was drafted and inducted into the Navy in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was examined by military doctors and then...

Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was cold. At night on the northern end of the island, Louis R. Lepore...

James Gaffney’s assessment of the John Wayne World War II movie entitled "They Were Expendable" was that it was mostly...

Edward F. Kent headed to Kiska in the Aleutian Islands [Annotator’s Note: Aleutian Islands, Alaska] with his unit [...

Keith Kiefer got his ground radio maintenance training in Biloxi, Mississippi, at Keesler Air Force Base. Kiefer then...

Remi Kidder was born in 1926 in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Raised on a farm, Kidder's father was always busy with the...

Joseph F. McGee Junior's most vivid memory of World War 2 is the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...

Before the Marines landed on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) bombarded the...

During the surrender, James Bollich destroyed his weapons and threw them into the water. When he was falling back, he...

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