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Donald Witmer was on the USS Twiggs (DD-591) for its shakedown cruise to Bermuda. It was Christmas of 1943, and Witmer...

Gus Blass, II was born in May 1923 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His family did not have much money during the Great...

George Haines was top in points and could go home or stay near the war's end. He went to Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan for...

When William Hussey graduated from high school he was too young to enter the Naval Academy, so he signed up for the...

Carl Light was born in a small town in southern Missouri and was inducted at Fort Leonard Wood [Annotator's Note: Fort...

James Melvin Crane was born in Conehatta, Mississippi in Newton County. At 15 pounds, he was the largest baby boy in...

From North Island, Carl Rieman was sent to Long Beach, California for more training until his orders came in. Then he...

Harlan Twible was born in Gilbertville, Massachusetts in March 1922. He spent his first 18 years in Gilbertville but...

Barbara Pathe was born in Bethel, Ohio. She lived there until she was eight years old. She had an older brother, an...

June Catherine Elliott Haggerty does not feel that the war changed her even though some of the times were a bit scary....

Donelson Houseman was born in Dallas, Texas in 1923 and grew up there. After graduating high school, he began classes...

There were many gold stars in the windows around Lorraine Mesken's home, and she remembers helping to console mothers...

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