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Wilson, Adolph Reflections on Combat in the Pacific
Adolph Wilson was in college when he heard about Pearl Harbor. At 18 years old, he was playing football and running...
Brant, Robert One Day Trip to Japan and Return Home
Robert Brant and his ship made it to Kyushu, Japan after hitting a typhoon in the Pacific. Brant recalled having ill...
Andrus, Ernest Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Ernest "Ernie" Andrus was born in 1923 near Severance, Kansas, the younger of two sons in a farming family. During the...
Carmody, Martin "Red" Becoming a Naval Aviator
Martin Carmody did his flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas. When he graduated nine months later he was sent to San...
Beynon, Robert War Patrols Aboard USS Bowfin (SS-287)
Dr. Robert Beynon was aboard the USS Bowfin (SS-287) for missions seven through nine. The seventh was a lifeguard duty...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 2
Thatcher watched and was actually in a few of the B-25's that were practicing taking off from a short runway. It gave...
Kesselman, Emil Working for President Truman
Emil Kesselman [Annotator’s Note: called back into the Navy Reserves for the Korean War after serving in the Navy from...
Holder, Jack Growing up on a Farm
Jack Holder was born in December 1921 in his mother’s hometown of Gunter, Texas. His father was a World War 1 veteran,...
Henleben, Edwin Early Life, Enlistment and Amphibious Training
Edwin Henlebin was born in 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived there his entire life, except for when he was in the...
Knapps, Walter Pearl Harbor Attack
Walter Knapps was a Marine Corps security guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning...
Caudle, John Active Duty and Gunnery School
John Caudle did not have a lot of notice when he was called to active duty. He came home after work one Friday and had...
Snyder, John The Pacific War
After leaving Italy, John Snyder was transported to another ship in the Pacific because they needed more corpsman out...

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