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Paris Tognoli made the invasion on Cebu [Annotator's Note: 26 March 1945, Cebu Island, Philippines, part of the Battle...

The Laffey [Annotator's Note: US Navy destroyer USS Laffey, DD-724] had new radar and sonar equipment and that put the...

Malcolm Ernest was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in June 1916. He was at Nichols Field in Manila [Annotator's Note:...

Alfred Rodrigues identified Japanese aircraft by the large circles on their wings. It was Sunday and he had just sat...

They immediately hauled Arthur Pendleton to the emergency Army tent. He was still knocked out at this point [Annotator'...

Richard Lafleur was not assigned to a unit after training. He knew he was going to be in the 1st Cavalry Division....

George Alaniz landed on the beach at Attu. [Annotator's Note: Alaniz was a rifleman in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 32nd...

Clayton Fisher planned to join the Army Air Corps until a friend of his joined the Navy as an aviator. Fisher applied...

Richard Bennett described the PT-470 as being armed with a thunderbolt, which is a 37mm and a 20mm cannon mounted...

In 1940, the US Navy broke the Japanese code. On 27 November of 1941 Giles Bacon heard about a Japanese tanker that...

Billy Grieves was born in Liberty Center, Ohio. At a young age his parents moved the family to Detroit, Michigan for...

Jack Dunlavy came back for Navy Day [Annotator's Note: 27 October 1945]. He thought he wanted to stay in the Navy but...

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