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

The next morning, Jack Yusen was heading down to get some food when the call to battle stations came over the intercom...

The war started and 50 of Charles Wesley Borders' classmates went to Canada to join the RCAF [Annotator's Note: Royal...

Alfred Rodrigues identified Japanese aircraft by the large circles on their wings. It was Sunday and he had just sat...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. heard that the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] had bombed Pearl...

Roger Shaw decided to be a doctor after his service because he wanted more education. He quickly finished his...

Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...

Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...

In May 1943, Paul Lawrence had technically been the Navy for one year. While at school, he waited tables. Lawrence was...

Albert Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: a Japanese American who went to Japan in 1940] was enrolled in school as a fifth...

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

[Annotator's Note: George Colburn and the 3rd Marine Division went ashore on Iwo Jima, Japan on 23 February 1945 and...

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