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After his discharge from the Navy, Raymond “Ray” Parrotta received the 52-20 club benefits [Annotator's Note: a...

George Hamilton was assigned to a skeleton crew aboard the USS Orleck (DD-886) in Norfolk, Virginia when he first heard...

Henry Ratcliff was born in January 1923 in Columbia, Louisiana. He had five brothers. He grew up in the area of...

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

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

Quintana had to board an Australian ship that left from American Samoa. On Tulagi, the landing was rougher than...

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

Their kickoff point was Finschhafen [Annotator's Note: Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea], and when the time came, Leo V....

William "Bill" Arthur Pummill and his unit [Annotator's Note: Weapons Company, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division...

Samuel Hadjinian was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He graduated from high school in 1942 and worked for a year as a stock...

Dale Bates was born in Salem, Oregon in January 1924. Bates’ father worked in the banking industry and, as such, the...

Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: Camp O'Donnell prisoner of war camp, Luzon, Philippines] was closed and James Bollich...

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