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J. W. Childs only became close friends with one crewmate while he was in the Navy, and thinks that is the greatest...

Olin Tisdale's newly launched ship was meant to take a Seabee unit to Iwo Jima to refurbish landing strips. However,...

Gravois was born in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana and grew up in Edgard, Louisiana until he was 17.Pearl Harbor was on 7...

Thomas Amico was born in June 1926, the fourth of four children of Italian immigrants who settled into an area called...

Daniel Crowley and a couple of his friends were sent on the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12) to the Philippines. He recalled...

Rather than being discharged, Frederick Moore said, officers are released from active duty. One of his most memorable...

James Lee's most memorable experience of World War 2 is the attack itself [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

Joseph Alter was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in May 1923. His father kept his job as a...

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

Joseph Daquarna was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana in May 1928. His father owned a grocery store and barroom. The family...

Gatewood was born in Decatur, Nebraska in 1921. He lived there until he went into the service. He was in his first...

John Earles was born in April 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was a section foreman on the GM...

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