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Robert Freligh probably decided to join the navy because his brother was in the army and there was most likely some...

James Allen was 16 years old in the spring of 1942 and a junior in high when he decided to join the Navy. In March he...

Willis Mills remembers his work on P-51s [Annotator’s Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] at Palawan [...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alex Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero that had been...

Don Daniels became friends with men he served with. He only stayed in touch with three or four by exchanging Christmas...

After gunnery training, Clarence Lee "Jack" Dobbs was sent to a staging area in Lincoln, Nebraska, then to Harvard,...

The survivors hiked down the mountain to an enormous canoe that had paddlers down both sides with space in the middle....

Edward Bale did not see any particular danger to his tanks in the second and third day of combat on Tarawa except for...

Windom Joseph Burton went into Navy boot camp in Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Norfolk, Virginia] and was then sent for...

Walter Groth thought he would not have been there if it was not for the war. He was headed into certain death. He was a...

Robert Frederick Reed only flew one daylight mission while serving overseas, all the others were at night using...

Louis John Walter sailed on the James Fallen [Annotator's Note: unable to verify ship name]. A couple of Walter's...

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