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Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...

Harry Lockhead knew he would leave Maui bound for the invasion of Japan. Fort Pierce, Florida was set up for UDT [...

Herman Prager was awarded the enlisted man's silver dolphin pin for submarine qualification, the Submarine Combat pin...

Carroll George felt extremely safe [Annotator's Note: in his general quarters station in the engine room aboard the USS...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

On the 16th [Annotators Note: 16 May 1945 on Okinawa] Bailey moved out but got pinned down again and took cover in...

Philip Schweitzer cannot think of many other lighter moments than the ones he's already mentioned. He remembers one...

William Pierce tells the story of his duty on Guam while he was training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands...

They would get up at four in the morning on Pavavu. They were in King (K) Co. 3-1 [Annotators Note: K Company, 3rd...

John Cassidy served as an aide to an admiral during his tenure in the Pacific, and the two men got along well. Cassidy...

[Annotator's Note: Howard Warren Stokes served in the 27th Infantry Division. Soon after the war's end, he was sent...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]When...

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