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The Yorktown [Annotators Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] ended up getting the worst of it in the form of aerial and...

Richard Greer saw a few Red Cross things and the show Bob Hope was in on Pavuvu. He only watched for a little while...

Melvin Munch was introduced to the Navy in boot camp in San Diego. It was rough. Getting up early each morning to begin...

Clarence Strobel believes his service in World War 2 was necessary. He made good friends and realized that he was a...

Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and was given a preference. He just missed being eligible for OCS [Annotator's Note: officer...

For Kenneth Dwight Wells, the most difficult part of fighting against the Japanese on Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

James J. Hill was born in September 1920 in Chicago's [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] north side. He grew up in a...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on Wake Island with the 12 airplanes of VMF-211 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighting...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] saw kamikazes [Annotator's...

Childers was born in Sherman, California. When he was young, his parents move the family to the Oklahoma.When he was...

Karr believed that Admiral Becton [Annotator's Note: F. Julian Becton was the Commander of the Laffey] was a very, very...

In 1943, Frank Pantuso reported to the local recruiting station on his 18th birthday and joined the Marine Corps. He...

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