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Richard Thelen remembered that it was too hot to sleep below deck, so he began to sleep topside. One night he told his...

After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...

Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) after damages received from a kamikaze...

One morning, Richard Thelen saw a plane fly over him and he knew that he was about to be rescued [Annotator's Note: USS...

Adolfo V. Celaya sailed to Tinian [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) delivering key components of...

Donald Herbert Shown picked up a lifejacket from the grouping he found in nets on the boat deck [Annotator’s Note:...

Cleatus Lebow was born in 1924 in Happy, Texas. He grew up as one of 11 children during the Great Depression, but, as a...

Adolfo V. Celaya first encountered a man laying on his back [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...

Donald Herbert Shown was with a doctor, chaplain and Marine captain who swam around trying to take care of the wounded...

The first island the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) approached was Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands], and...

Adolfo V. Celaya heard men who seemed to know each other [Annotator’s Note: while in the Pacific Ocean after the...

Back in the United States, the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) went into dry dock, and Lebow went to Texas on leave [Annotator...

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