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Bruno S. Rinas believes that had the Americans been given better training and equipment, they would have held out...

Socrates Dendrinelis would always get the worst details. He was in a boxing match with some of the other guys on the...

William Roy went below on the Hammann [Annotator's Note: USS Hammann (DD-412)]. Roy found sailors being operated on and...

Charles A. Waller [Annotator’s Note: assigned to the Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241)] had his first combat...

Victor K. Carman was happy to be assigned to his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Cabot (CVL-28)]. Some sailors were sent to...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...

Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was raised in Richmond, Virginia. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great Depression; a...

Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...

The war itself is Alvin von Frisch's worse memory of that time. He hated to see people die. He lost good friends who...

After the war, Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] had good reasons to stay in the...

After the war, James Smith had a hard time adjusting to civilian life. He got a job before he was even discharged from...

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