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Allen Horton had a long leave on Ulithi, where the mail that had been collecting for some time finally reached the...

When the Laffey left Pearl Harbor she was assigned as a escort for an old battleship heading out into the Pacific to...

John Stiles boarded the USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145). It was a troop ship and it was an interesting experience....

Louis Andriano was discharged from the Navy in June 1946. He took advantage of the G.I. Bill to an extent. He went to a...

When Mervin Jensen received his draft notice, he thought everyone else had to go so he would to. He went to Fort...

During one of his trips back to the United States Alexander Vraciu was offered the opportunity to fly the Zero [...

[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...

From California they went to Kwajalein. There, Wendall Woodall tried to talk his radar operator into trying some...

William Sturman's battalion was in Inchon [Annotator's Note: Inch'ŏn, Korea]. His skipper [Annotator's Note: nickname...

John Ream remembers as kids they could run up the mountainside. [Annotator’s Note: Ream is referring to being interned...

James Salerno believes that World War 2 made him a better person. It made him feel lucky to be alive. He feels like it...

David Heath was told the Marines could not use a man with a hole in his stomach, so he was shipped back to Camp...

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