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Mark Maynard entered the Navy and initially had training in Idaho and then Illinois. While he was at the second...

Wim de Jonge was drafted into the Dutch Army [Annotator's Note: de Jonge was drafted into the Koninklijk Nederlandsch-...

Marvin Tyson was born in July 1925 the Bronx, New York City, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...

Otis Arthur Slack was born in Canton, Illinois in April 1921. He was raised by his aunt and uncle as his mother was...

Pastor Dale Peterson was born in Warren, Minnesota in February 1926. He grew up in the Great Depression. His life was...

James Newsom joined the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was put on a train in New Orleans,...

Starnes wanted the USS Missouri to live out the rest of her days as a museum ship in San Francisco so that more school...

Homer Myers was born in Union Grove, North Carolina in October 1924. His parents worked hard on a little farm. He got...

Salvatore Famularo was sent home on a C-54 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-54 Skymaster cargo aircraft]. There were no...

Donald Dean was born in March 1926 in Salina, Kansas. His father was in the insurance business, and the family moved...

[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...

John Nicholas was born in Marysville, Michigan in December 1924. He grew up in Marysville with his half brother and...

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