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Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. was assigned to the USS Tippecanoe (AO-21) tanker. Most individuals were wary of serving on...

Jack Wilt was born in February 1927 in Kent, Ohio. He grew up with one younger sister. He played basketball and other...

Richard Asbury was born in Maryland [Annotator's Note: Prince Frederick, Maryland in September 1920] and had a good...

John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...

Chester L. Talley was born in Idaho in 1921. He grew up with one older brother and one older sister. His father was a...

Paul Gibfried was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in September 1924. When he joined the Navy, he was investigated by the...

After Quintana went through boot camp, he came out feeling like he could fight anyone. They prepared the men in boot...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and the Marines on Wake Island had heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

Robert Offenbacher was born in Lima, Ohio in September 1922. He had five brothers. He was a twin and one brother was...

Charles Kitching was born in October 1925 in Sanford, Maine. He had one sister that is 10 years younger than him. Due...

Robert Powers was born in June 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, but grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota. Growing up, he lived...

James Jordan is a contributing member to the Museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans,...

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