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Richard Bennett remembers that it was in the Palau Islands that his vessel had their most memorable encounters with the...

Robert Masters' most memorable experience of World War 2 was the time Winston Churchill [Annotator's Note: Sir Winston...

When the Japanese planned invasions on American, English or Filipino soil, they had to come up with a new code...

Walter Groth was born in Louisiana in July 1924. He was born and raised on a beef cattle farm in Elton, Louisiana. His...

Irwin Schneider was ill prepared to be a naval officer when he went on active duty. He was sent to Fort Schuyler, New...

There were 2 shifts working and they would usually meet coming out. When they got to the camp everyone was outside on...

After recuperating, Gerald West left for New Georgia. The Raiders landed on New Georgia at one o’clock in the morning...

Raymond Birdsall [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 3rd Class on the USS Batfish (SS-310) serving in the Pacific] felt...

Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...

Willis Mills was attending Hayward High [Annotator’s Note: Hayward High School in Hayward, California] when he decided...

Robert Hammond had to deal with his own health when he was on leave in Philadelphia. He had an appendectomy, and while...

On 7 December 1941, Ray Emory stayed on his gun all day and all night, without relief. After he saw the USS Oklahoma (...

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