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Robert Hammond had to deal with his own health when he was on leave in Philadelphia. He had an appendectomy, and while...

[Annotator's Note: Fergus Van Wart served in the Navy as a coxswain aboard the USS Bergen (APA-150).] Okinawa [...

Richard Bennett thinks World War 2 doesn't mean much to today's Americans, except for a small amount of appreciation....

John "Jack" Raquepau and his group [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 51 (VT-51), Air Group 51] bombed Clark Field [...

Gene Alair's most memorable experience of the war was being back on board the USS Astoria (CA-34), below decks...

When the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: The Japanese surrender was announced 15 August 1945, and officially...

Choosing to go in the Navy [Annotator's Note: in 1944] was natural for Philip Curran. He grew up on the water. His...

Robert Taylor retired from the Navy on 31 May 1970. He had worked at a medical research laboratory at Camp LeJeune,...

Emil Kesselman was born in April 1927 in Jamaica, New York. He had one brother, George, who has since passed, and a...

Robert Templet was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in September 1920. At the age of five years old, his family moved to...

William Lee Barnes does not remember seeing the island of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], but he does...

William Beaman thinks young people should be taught the history of World War 2, and believes it is important that there...

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