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Harper Gruber described the crew as being divided between the dark crew - motor macs [Annotator's Note: motor machinist...

Burton "Burt" Johnson was born in December 1925 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When he was seven, he spent the summer at...

When Blanchard's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Franklin, CV-13] was attacked he didn't realize how close they were to...

He walked to school and joined the "Junior Yanks" which was a program for kids run by World War 1 veterans. They met...

Eugene Corson went to Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22 June...

Myers Bernard Rosenbloom says that serving in the war was the greatest part of his life. He has a lot of pictures and...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes [Annotator's Note: drafted into the Army in late 1943] was transferred to the 246th...

Walter Broll saw the raid on Bari, Italy start at about 7:30 at night while the Grace Abbott's cargo was being...

Willis Mills returned to the United States aboard a ship and docked at Oakland [Annotator’s Note: Oakland, California...

Sumner Whitten is proud to have survived the Battle of Midway. A few years ago he was contacted about Battle of Midway...

When Ralph Weymouth started flying from Guadalcanal they were originally quartered with a Seabee outfit but soon moved...

Emil Kesselman [Annotator’s Note: called back into the Navy Reserves for the Korean War after serving in the Navy from...

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