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Eugene Vaadi was born 1 July 1921 Watertown, New York. He spent his life there until entering the military. His father...

Retracing his steps, Ogden Saik recalls that he was in high school and hanging around with the guys in the neighborhood...

Eben Smith was born in August 1923 in Pasadena, California. He remembers his childhood as being unremarkable; his...

Fredi Van Pelt was born in July 1923 in Alameda, California. She has two sisters. Van Pelt was the baby in the family....

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

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

Walter Bank used the G.I. Bill for graduate school at WPI [Annotator's Note: Worcester Polytechnic Institute in...

McClellan did not keep in touch with any of the men he served with after the war. He never attended any reunions. He...

Frank Dominic Lanzetta witnessed the damage done to many of the ships due to the Kamikazes around Okinawa [Annotator's...

Richmond Hamilton was born in October 1921 in Richmond, Virginia. His father was self-employed as a paper wholesaler...

Donald Wilson took the train across country from San Francisco to Quincy, Massachusetts to report aboard the cruiser...

James Nerison was born in San Francisco. His mother and father moved down to the city of Alhambra near Los Angeles. His...

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