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William Hussey enlisted in the Navy because he grew up with it, and it seemed the thing to do once he reached adulthood...

Edward E. Boyles was sent to Barnes General Hospital near Springdale, Washington after being in field hospitals for...

In the beginning of 1943, Ralph Crump's draft status required that his boss write a letter every six months to the...

Bryghte Davis Godbold and the men defending Wake Island could see enemy ships across the atoll from Peale Island. The...

When John Caraway boarded the USS Bridge (AF-1), he found it to be not only one of the oldest ships in the Navy's fleet...

One night, as Richard Jaccarino was sleeping under his poncho, the Japanese counterattack began. Just below their...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the constant mortar [Annotator's Note: M1 81mm mortar] firing during World War 2...

Clarence Derrington was captured by the Germans and taken to Stalag VI-G [Annotator's Note: near Bergisch-Neustadt]...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Haffner served in the Army as a truck driver in Company A, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion...

William Burrus went from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] to Southampton, England [Annotator's Note: on...

Malcolm Ernest was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in June 1916. He was at Nichols Field in Manila [Annotator's Note:...

Robert Heller was flying at an unnerving altitude and had not yet reached his target when his plane was overtaken by...

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