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Harold Ward has never seen any history on what happened to the Helena [Annotators Note: USS Helena (CL-50)], the...

All four Japanese carriers were sunk during the Battle of Midway. The Japanese plan had been to draw the American...

Childers went to the yeoman and requested a transfer form. He typed up the request and asked to be assigned to Torpedo...

Kanaya felt that living during the Depression years and learning to live under those conditions, working and living on...

McNeil reported to Fort Belvoir [Annotator's Note: Fort Belvoir, Virginia] but that was too close to Washington D.C....

Walter Nelson went into the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. It was just about the same time that...

The Marines on Midway were a little shook up themselves. Just after they landed, a bomber squadron from the Hornet [...

Lou Brissie's father really wanted him to finish college. Mr. Mack [Annotator's Note: Cornelius McGillicuddy, Sr., or...

Ferrier got to Pearl Harbor the day after the Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet CV-8, aircraft carrier] sailed. They...

Warren Schmitt was born on 18 March 1921 in Hutchinson, Kansas. He had a younger brother named Gene who also served in...

Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...

[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...

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