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Robert Hammond had to deal with his own health when he was on leave in Philadelphia. He had an appendectomy, and while...

Robert Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, New York, in September 1924, the second of two children. At an early age his...

Cecil N. Duck was born in August 1925 in Bay Minnette, Alabama, and when he was six years old, his family moved to...

[Annotator's Note: Frank Purvis was in New York when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...

Frank Faust was born in January 1916 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father worked for...

Alexander Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group...

The first place Brooks was taken to was a building. The men were fed once a day by the natives who brought them soup....

Stinson was born in Columbia, Alabama. After he and his classmates graduated from high school in 1943 they joined the...

Floyd James Reissig sailed around Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] towards Lingayen Gulf [Annotator's Note...

John "Jack" Raquepau got called to go to Preflight School in early November 1942. He went to boot camp which was called...

Robert Hammond's medical training was in suturing, and one of his major challenges on Guam occurred when there were no...

Robert Dickinson's training took place on one of the old S-boats. [Annotator's Note: The United States' S-class...

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