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Frank M. Heuer Sr. was assigned to the crew of a crash boat and deployed to Tarawa [Annotator’s Note: Tarawa Atoll,...

Willie Roy Hebert did not talk with his family about the war. [Annotator's Note: Hebert's wife talks about her father...

Life was rather simple in Honolulu, Hawaii when Ray Emory got there in October 1941. He didn't drink in those days, so...

[Annotator's Note: Fergus Van Wart served in the Navy as a coxswain aboard the USS Bergen (APA-150).] Okinawa [...

The cook [Annotator's Note: on the USS LCI(L)-1012] got sick, and one was needed. Harold Ronson put in for it as he had...

Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was born in Rochester, New York in May 1927. His father worked with a railroad company, and...

Edward Bale witnessed the pre-landing bombardment of Saipan. The Navy had learned from previous experiences. The...

Jack Skaggs realized that he had been on a long journey in his life. That journey has brought him pride and enjoyment....

Lincoln D. Brennan Sr. was drafted into the armed forces and chose to serve in the Navy. He boarded a train and was...

Richard Baile was born in December 1920 on a farm in Missouri east of Kansas City near the town of Washburn. They had a...

Harold Buell flew his first combat mission at Midway on anti-submarine reconnaissance. He had only one prior experience...

Rex James Bates served with the 55th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron in the Pacific. They were based out of Guam [...

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