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Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior was born in February 1925 in Brewton, Alabama. He had a brother and sister....

James Billingsley was born in Erie, Pennsylvania in November 1923. He remembers the Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...

Brian Thacker thought it was unpleasant to receive the Medal of Honor [Annotator's Note: the Medal of Honor is the...

Claude Clifton Cuniff, Junior was assigned to the USS General G.O. Squier (AP-130) out of San Francisco [Annotator's...

Joseph LaNier joined the United States Navy in February 1944. African-Americans prior to 1942 were not allowed to join...

After the Battle of Peleliu, Romus Burgin was one of four men from the 5th Marine Regiment to be considered for a field...

Thomas Crosby had bad asthma as a child, so while he was living in the internment camp, he slept in a bed by the window...

The worst duty for Vernon Micheel was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands as a Douglas SBD...

In early April [Annotator's Note: April 1943], second lieutenants were asked to volunteer for duty in the Pacific....

Hopkins was aboard the Hornet when they were under attack. It was quite an attack. The first few bombs knocked out the...

Wendell Woodall was in the 19th Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 19th Bombardment Group] which initially took off from...

Paul J. Frisco served aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the ship's entire wartime cruise. The ship was the fourth...

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