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Thelen, Richard Sinking of the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Richard Thelen remembered that it was too hot to sleep below deck, so he began to sleep topside. One night he told his...
Twigger, William Wounded and Recovery
William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...
Beaman, William Postwar Naval Career
After the war ended, William Beaman was sent back to San Francisco, California on the USS Flasher (SS-249), then...
Currier, William Reflections
William Currier's most memorable experience of World War 2 was his first day at boot camp. He grew up in one day. He...
Alvarez, Charles Overseas in the Pacific
Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman in June 1944. His crew got along well together...
Frazier, Glenn The Philippines
Glenn Frazier sailed the Pacific on the USS Cleveland troopship [Annotator's Note: the passenger liner SS President...
Galella, Armando Supporting the Marines on Okinawa
Armando Galella's duties changed when he became battalion sergeant major, working at headquarters and answering only to...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 5
The Americal [Annotator's Note: the US Army Americal Division] came in in October [Annotator's Note: October 1942] and...
Birdsall, Raymond Submarine Duty in the Pacific
Raymond Birdsall was born in Lockport, Louisiana. In 1941, he went over to the high school because they did not have a...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Roosevelt, Truman, and Home
Charles Wesley Borders heard about Roosevelt's [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the...

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