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On 7 December 1941, Jack Holder was on duty at Ford Island, [Annotator’s Note: Ford Island, Hawaii]. His unit was in a...

It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters. In Leyte Gulf, [...

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

The ship spent a few days in San Diego. When the Yorktown had passed through the Panama Canal, Vejtasa had been...

Harold C. Cook felt he was only a part of the war when he served. They liked to make jokes about MacArthur [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: Fred Bergeron served in the Navy as a rear seat gunner on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...

Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...

George Wiswell started his own business after the war [Annotator's Note: Marine Contracting, Inc. followed by Southport...

Fred Arthur Balfour was born in August 1923, in Glens Falls, New York. He lived there until he was 12 years old. When...

Returning to his experiences earlier in his Navy career, Lauren Bruner discusses particulars about his first ship, the...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941],...

Carey Suratt believes the war in Vietnam was costly in lives, unnecessarily. He thinks it is important to teach about...

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