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Adam Istre said USS PC-487 was a pursuit craft and a submarine chaser, and its duties included protecting the shoreline...

Arnold A. Mirsky's father did not want him to join the Army Air Corps, so when he was accepted, Mirsky did not tell his...

William V. Cross was born in September 1922 in Memphis, Tennessee. He grew up with one brother and a family that moved...

During his high school years, Randolph Trappey excelled in his studies at the all-boy, highly disciplined private...

Jane Biestek worked at Yellowstone National Park when she in Montana. Her father would log there during the summer when...

Gregory Lawrence Nunnink was born in Kansas City [Annotator’s Note: Kansas City, Missouri] in 1927. He grew up with one...

Carl Rieman was born in Washington D.C., the only boy of the three children in the family. He lived in the suburbs of...

Margaret Brewer Henry was born in Miami, Florida, but she grew up in Atlanta [Annotator's Note: Atlanta, Georgia]. She...

At 16, Charles Davis was one of 1,200 men, including his brother, a Marine, who boarded the USS Helena (CL-50) on New...

Charles Magnifico was born in 1923 in Jersey City, New Jersey during the Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great...

Jack Wilt was born in February 1927 in Kent, Ohio. He grew up with one younger sister. He played basketball and other...

Remi Kidder was sent to San Diego, California for his basic training. He was used to hard work and discipline so that...

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