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John Caraway stayed in the reserves and was called up when the Korean War broke out. In October 1950, he shipped out of...

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alex Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero that had been...

James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...

Vejtasa and the interviewer are getting acquainted and set out how the interview will be conducted. The interviewer...

Fred Bergeron was born in Abbeville, Louisiana in January 1923. Custom dictated that the mother would be taken care of...

Forgetting the war, Robert Fitz likes to remember all the wonderful things he saw in the United Kingdom, Italy, Egypt,...

Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...

In March 1944, at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, Charles Chatterton was assigned to the USS LCI(L)-334 [Annotator'...

Patrick Zilliacus thinks that the variety of odd jobs he held before being drafted helped him in duties on a submarine...

George Wiswell was born in July 1926 in Arlington, Massachusetts. He grew up in Winchester [Annotator's Note:...

Sara "Sally" Manning was born on 12 June 1925 in the small town of Lock Haven in Pennsylvania. Lock Haven was home to...

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