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Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. As a result of the war, his father realized his dream...

Monroe Scherer was born in Brooklyn [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn, New York] in March 1926. He lived in Manhattan [...

Howard Robert Charles was born in Picher, Oklahoma. With environmental issues there, the mines were closed. His father...

Eugene Tarrant went to join the military when he was 18. He was in good shape, about 175 pounds. A sergeant asked him...

Lionel Lopez took a small ship out of Panama. They were headed north to San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco...

Martin Carmody was on Guadalcanal for two or three days. The USS Enterprise (CV-6) had gone to the harbor at Espiritu...

Thomas Joseph Lemme was born in January 1926 in Albany [Annotator's Note: Albany, New York]. He had two older brothers...

Louis Conter arrived in San Francisco after his voyage from Hawaii. He took a train trip to Pensacola, Florida during...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and his entourage met some of the Wake Island conquerors. [Annotator's Note: Borne and six...

When he had free time, Floyd James Reissig would chip paint and paint the ship. When he was on an island, the crew...

Vernon Micheel attacked a Japanese cruiser on the last day of the battle [Annotator's Note: as a pilot in Scouting...

Greg Woodham and his mother were interned at Santo Tomas [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as...

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