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

Sam L. Miller was discharged from the Navy as a Yeoman 3rd Class [Annotator's Note: at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior was born in February 1925 in Brewton, Alabama. He had a brother and sister....

[Annotator's Note: Meda Royce Hall is difficult to understand throughout this segment.] Hall and his squadron [...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. was assigned to the USS Tippecanoe (AO-21) tanker. Most individuals were wary of serving on...

George Colburn does not believe in bravery. The last thing on your mind is getting a medal. Medals counted for points...

Kenneth Raymond Goodwin graduated high school in 1944. His birthday was 31 August [Annotator's Note: 31 August 1944]....

Albert Yamamoto had to wait for his United States citizenship to be verified before he could return to home from Japan...

William O’Brien remembers when the skipper left. They did training on the Pacific side of the canal [Annotator's Note:...

The Marines on Midway were a little shook up themselves. Just after they landed, a bomber squadron from the Hornet [...

Martin Suter was in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] when he heard about the atomic bomb strikes....

After his discharge from the Navy, Raymond “Ray” Parrotta received the 52-20 club benefits [Annotator's Note: a...

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