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Back in the United States, the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) went into dry dock, and Lebow went to Texas on leave [Annotator...

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

James Newsom joined the United States Navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was put on a train in New Orleans,...

Edward O. Wood, Senior was assigned to the Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]...

Richard Thelen remembered that it was too hot to sleep below deck, so he began to sleep topside. One night he told his...

Harold G. Cowart trained on an M1 rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1...

Ruffin Walker Dawson was born in Saint Francisville, Louisiana in 1924 [Annotator's Note: November 1924]. He grew up on...

Thomas Goss’ most memorable experiences of World War 2 were meeting his wife and the atomic bombs dropping on Japan [...

Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...

Socrates Dendrinelis remembers the kamikazes [Annotator's Note: Japanese suicide bombers] hitting the ships. It made a...

After the war ended, Harry Walker Wellford and his crewmates enjoyed watching movies on the fantail [Annotator's Note:...

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