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Ralph Marcarelli reacted badly to inoculations when he entered the Navy at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He missed boot...

Following his graduation from Kings Point [Annotator's Note: the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York],...

[Annotator's Note: Rattling dishes can be heard in the background.] Byron Herbert Meader was sent to Camp Shelby [...

Garland Bath can only say the government spent a lot on him, he learned a lot of stuff, and spent a lot of time at sea...

Around 21 June 1945, the 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were relieved by the...

When Calvin Barrick was going to submarine school in New London he signed up for the Navy's V-12 program which was...

The last mission for Mason Brownell Fitch really sticks out in his mind. Reaching into his little blue book [Annotator'...

Before the war, Jack Leaming had a Japanese friend in the second grade, whose parents sold Japanese clothing on the...

[Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral James D. "Jig Dog" Ramage, commanded Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10), a scout-...

The heat of our bodies is what saved their lives. They had charcoal heaters but were not given any charcoal. It was...

Leon Griffith had a Tommy gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun] on Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte...

After one year of study at Iowa State [Annotator's Note: Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa], Robert Erskine Hendrick...

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