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One of George Kearney's friends, who lives not far from him, was a ban saw operator who cut the notches for the keel...

Gravois was born in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana and grew up in Edgard, Louisiana until he was 17.Pearl Harbor was on 7...

James Lee's most memorable experience of World War 2 is the attack itself [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on...

Robert Oplinger remembers receiving the first Japanese sword of surrender on the home islands as being his most...

Rothacker Smith attended North High School in Detroit, Michigan after his family moved back to the city from the...

Henry A. Tacket began training at Treasure Island in San Francisco for his assignment to a new destroyer. That was...

When William Hussey graduated from high school he was too young to enter the Naval Academy, so he signed up for the...

Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Marine Division left Maui to invade the Japanese island of Saipan. It was a disaster from...

Margaret Stephensen was born in March 1923 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. She grew up there and played in the band. After...

Frank L. Lombardo was born in January 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended a boarding school in Covington,...

Guy Leefe, Jr. was born and raised in New Orleans. After graduating from Fortier High School in 1938 he began taking...

Wilbur Rogers was born in August 1925 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, the youngest of six boys and three girls. His wasn't a...

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