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William Hendren was born in February 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He spent his early childhood there before...

Archibald "Archie" T. Higgins was born in New Orleans in January 1924. He is a lifelong resident of the New Orleans...

Obie Wickersham was born in March 1925 in Oklahoma. One of the legacies of his father's World War 1 service was...

Raymond A. Reed was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He moved to Summerville, New Jersey when he was three years old....

James Newsom joined the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was put on a train in New Orleans,...

Edward Stone benefited from his service because of the education and good job he obtained through the utilization of...

Thomas Kingsley's departure for military training was an emotional family event. He had volunteered for the Army...

Mark Maynard’s second war patrol on his submarine [Annotator’s Note: USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] used the deck gun to fire...

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

Erwin Johnson was an aircraft mechanic [Annotator's Note: assigned to the 48th Material Squadron, 27th Bombardment...

James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...

Harry George Paege, Junior had his 21st birthday in the service. He was a bugler. He got a letter that said his mother...

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