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Jack Yusen grew up in Queens, New York where he lived with his parents, brother and grandmother and was living there...

Maurice Joseph Dugas, Sr. was a machinist mate and electrician on the USS Albermarle (AV-5). Their mission was to test...

Robert Masters was born in Akron, Ohio in August 1925. When he was five years old, the family moved to Santa Monica [...

Merrill's roommate was Olie Hansen.After a raid the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, CV-6...

Jack Pierce went to boot camp for six weeks in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. Then he went to L.A...

James Ramage was at Pearl Harbor when the Battle of Midway took place. He was not aboard ship at the time. The...

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson entered the Navy in May 1945 at the age of 17 and did basic training at Great Lakes Naval...

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

When Norman Kleiss returned he saw a carrier dead in the water. When he checked his YE-ZB he knew he still had a little...

In April 1940, Jack Holder enlisted in the Navy and completed bootcamp in San Diego, California. Boot camp was...

Frank V. Tarkington was born in March 1916 in Oakland, California. He was orphaned, as his mother died when he was...

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