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In 1964, Dennis Allen Andrews was assigned to the USS Proteus (AS-19) for the third time as the officer electrician....

Those with dysentery didn't live very long. Dehydration, lack of food, lack of water, the sickness, it was awful....

Fred Wesighan grew up in Kenilworth, New Jersey. After he graduated high school, he wanted to be a pilot in the...

Joseph Brannan returned to New York with the PT-305 and two other boats on an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank...

When Theodore Pavlovich was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands], it was wet and rough. For...

Henry Quinton Pike returned to the United States to be trained as a platoon instructor but he did not like that duty....

In December 1942, Frank H. O'Leary was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] when his platoon...

James N. Rizzo sailed overseas to the Pacific. He did not travel with his whole group [Annotator's Note: 553rd Air...

Jack H. Bleuler served as a tail gunner on a B-25 [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber] with...

William Lutz was in the 77th Infantry Division. He did not know where they would be sent. They went to Oahu [Annotator’...

Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

Ray Eshelman was never interested in a military career. He had a couple of choices at discharge. He could join the...

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