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Robert Templet was aboard the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) when the Japanese surrendered. During the course of the war, the...

Robert Freligh was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1921. He moved to Adrian, Michigan where he went to live in an...

Wilbur Rogers moved easily from civilian to military life because his pre-enlistment days were more strenuous than that...

Robert Swan joined the Navy to avoid the draft. He was flying in Missoula where was going to school. He only had a year...

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...

Milton Rackham was born in Riggs, Idaho in April 1925 and grew up in nearby Rigby. [Annotator’s Note: Internet...

Adolfo V. Celaya returned to the United States after the war. He was on the aircraft carrier Hollandia [Annotator’s...

Fred Bergeron was waiting for a battle like Midway. He was very upset at what had been happening to them. He saw the...

Francis Bucher says the closest he came to death was when he flew with a drunk commander. He was in the hangar ready...

Walter Bud Gafford feels many young people do not know about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

By the time he went overseas, Julian Trist Bringier McConnell did not have heavy ammunition. He spent most of his time...

James D. Comeaux describes the actions of the USS Auburn (AGC-10) in her role as a command ship during the invasion of...

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