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Bacon, Giles Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Giles Bacon enlisted in the USMC in January 1939. He was assigned as a brig guard at Pearl Harbor and...
Edwards, Randall Early Life, Enlistment and Re-Enlistment
Randall Edwards was born in July 1917 near Pine Bluff, Wyoming. His family lived on ranches in various parts of the...
Darling, William Okinawa Then Returning Home
William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was told...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 1
Ben Kuroki grew up with Caucasian friends. There were only a few Japanese American families around at the time. The...
Murphy, Paul Final Mission of USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...
Tanenbaum, Melvin Invading Okinawa
Melvin S. Tanenbaum [Annotator's Note: a radioman aboard the USS Leon (APA-48)] was part of the invasion at Okinawa [...
Bacon, Giles Segment 5
Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...
Edwards, Randall War Begins in the Pacific
In 1940, Randall Edwards boarded the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9) in Tsingtao, China. The Canopus was a "mother...
Dickinson, Robert First Patrol and Rescue
When on attack, Robert Dickinson was usually at the helm or on one of the bow or stern planes. When on the surface, he...
Buell, Harold "Hal" Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Harold Buell was involved in a carrier versus carrier battle in the Eastern Solomon Islands. Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern...
Beamish, William Growing up in Boston
William S. “Bill” Beamish was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1923 and grew up in nearby Wellesley Hills. His father,...
Cook, Harold Early Life
Harold C. Cook grew up in Warren, Ohio. He was the youngest in the family. He had a brother who was popular and active...

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