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William Cassady’s last mission was Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo...

During his initial trip to London [Annotator's Note: London, England], Robert Fitz had his first experience with "buzz...

Alois Kopp and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] left Saigon on a boozy flight to Calcutta. The POWs...

Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note: a musician and ammunition loader on the cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] and his...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was stationed at a base hospital at the naval facility in Millington, Tennessee. In February 1944,...

In England, Leon Schafer went through a series of training periods. The ship's [Annotator's Note: USS LST-502] crew had...

Robert Martin to Jamaica and Panama [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS LST-515]. He sent his lieutenant's mail to China...

Alex Carter Sr. went to Southern France. They used 50-cycle electricity. Carter met a girl that spoke perfect English....

Alex Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Walker received his pilot wings on 25 June 1950, just after the Korean War started.] In...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Stahl served in the Navy as a storekeeper aboard the minesweeper USS Sway (AM-120).] Going...

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