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Brannon, Mark Death in the Family
During the Battle of Surigao Strait, Mark Brannon said the USS Hutchins (DD-746) had spent almost all of its ammunition...
Wilson, Donald USS New Orleans (CA-32) and the Battle of the Coral Sea
Donald Wilson reported to San Francisco for duty assignment at Pearl Harbor aboard the USS New Orleans (CA-32). The...
Bederson, Benjamin Military Training and the ASTP
Benjamin Bederson always knew he would be a scientist, but in 1942, he began his military career in the Army. He was 20...
Constant, Nelson Draft Deferred
Nelson Constant remembers Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December...
Driscoll, Edward Prewar Life and Entrance Into Service
Edward Driscoll was born in January 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the sixth of 13 children. His father was a city...
Blakey, Thomas Prewar Life to Jump School
Thomas J. Blakey was born in Nacogdoches, Texas in 1920. [Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Blakey where he was...
Johnson, Jean "JD" Becoming a Radioman for a Navy Submarine
Jean D. "JD" Johnson volunteered for service with the Navy shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator...
Barber, Ernest Growing Up on a Farm
Ernest Barber was born in September 1924 in rural Mississippi with three brothers and one sister while his father...
Rougas, Beverly Early Life
Beverly Coleman Oates Rougas was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in February 1924. Life in New Orleans was wet and rainy...
Coop, Willard Prewar Life to Enlistment
Willard Haul "Jack" Coop was born in April 1924 in Sulphur, Kentucky. He grew up with two younger sisters. His family...
Gilmore, Wayne Early Life and Enlistment
Wayne McKinnon Gilmore was born in Mount Hope, Kansas in November 1921. His family moved to Opelousas [Annotator's Note...
Andrus, Ernest Corpsman Duty in the Pacific
Ernest "Ernie" Andrus left [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] on a Merchant Marine ship. Once they were...

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