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

Nancy Lynch Castellano was not old enough to join the WAVES [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency...

Robert Riddle was born in Gainesville, Texas in May 1924. When he was three years old his father bought a farm and...

James Elduff was born in July 1920 in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father was a...

Rex James Bates was born in November 1923 in Seattle, Washington. His father served as a drummer in the Navy during...

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

Lester Caplan was born in 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland. As the son of a traveling salesman, he felt his childhood was "...

William Colgan was born in Quitman, Georgia. In 1930, when Colgan was only 10 years old, his father died, leaving his...

Harold Beal was born in October 1925. He had two brothers and three sisters. He was driving a truck by the time he was...

Doyle “Bill” C. Hilson was born in Bronson, Florida in December 1927. He had five brothers and sisters. His father, an...

Cecil K. Bell was born in February 1922 and grew up in Hugo, Oklahoma. He had four sisters and two brothers. His father...

Carroll George enlisted in the Coast Guard because it is always looking out for the welfare of others. It saves lives...

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