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At 11 years in the Navy, Randall Edwards decided to make a career of the military. In 1946, he had an unfortunate...

When James Shelton Scales was promoted to captain and given his own company [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion...

After the Japanese surrendered, James Stewart Rosenbaum thought he would be heading home, but he and his unit [...

Walter Nelson had a different pilot for his first raid. The pilot’s name was Lieutenant Womper [Annotators Note: unsure...

After the conclusion of World War 2, William Riggs' only thought upon arriving home was to seek out a job away from the...

Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...

During his first night on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...

Gerry Jones trained with the United States Marines, joining the Scout and Sniper Company at Camp Elliott [Annotator's...

Cass Phillips did his Navy training in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California.]. He was given a test for...

Traveling back to the United States, Joe Clapper said they had a mixed complement aboard ship; there were many Navy...

Bombing 6 and Scouting 8 had different ready rooms and different skippers, but the guys interacted with each other....

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