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George Ingram describes the USS Niagara (AGP-1) as a converted yacht, and at the time he was assigned it was tied up...

Charles T. Edwards was returning to his station from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] when he had...

On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...

[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38...

Robert Riddle was assigned to the Merchant Marine ship SS Typhoon, transporting supplies and soldiers throughout the...

Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] found that 11th Marine artillery was...

Gene Alair went in and out of Guadalcanal many times. Nothing really stands out to him about it other than he lost a...

Sumner Whitten is proud to have survived the Battle of Midway. A few years ago he was contacted about Battle of Midway...

Paul J. Frisco and his fellow crewmen were not intimidated by the threat of kamikazes because of their supreme...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

Kenneth Marshall's first overseas destination was Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. He had no idea where he was. Early on,...

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

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