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After returning to his carrier, Norman Kleiss got a cup of coffee and prepared for his next flight. About that time a...

While James Newsom was aboard the Cole [Annotator's Note: USS Cole (DD-155)], he slept back aft by the engineers. That...

Ari Phoutrides was born in Seattle in 1925. His father was a priest who was moved around the country often.After high...

One night, as Richard Jaccarino was sleeping under his poncho, the Japanese counterattack began. Just below their...

Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe left Okinawa [Annotator's Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to...

William Goldsborough was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 1926 and grew up in the rural community of...

Delewski still hears from different people from the Laffey. After the war he took advantage of the G.I. Bill and got...

Mervin Jensen was ready for discharge. They were unloading a ship that had oxygen cylinders on it. They were used for...

Richard Witaker faced many hardships on Okinawa. Troops suffered from fatigue resulting from tension and lack of sleep...

Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] was stationed at Shanghai [Annotator's Note: Shanghai...

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