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When the crew abandoned the USS Perch (SS-176), Robert Lents said some of the guys in the water turned on their...

As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...

Ira Schilling and his outfit of assault engineers landed in the third wave during the invasion of Saipan. They landed...

Melvin C. Whitman had to figure out how to work with the Army when he landed on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Noah Lewis was born in March 1925 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He had a normal life growing up. His mother was a house...

Austin H. Kiplinger experienced friendly fire in the Fall of 1944 [Annotator's Note: as a pilot with Composite...

Harold Buell attended Parsons College in Iowa [Annotator's Note: Fairfield, Iowa] on an athletic scholarship. He was an...

Pete Brock was discharged from the Navy in Seattle, Washington in June 1946 with the rating of signalman third class....

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

George Hamilton was born in April 1922 in West Monroe, Louisiana. Hamilton lived in five states before he was six years...

Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

Mark Maynard trained new submariners at New London before being assigned to a new submarine. He was responsible to...

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