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Phineas Stevens was born in Jackson, Mississippi in December 1917. He grew up during the Great Depression. He attended...

Martin Sherbecoe was born in 1920 in Stamford, Connecticut. His father was a skilled mechanic and from a very early age...

Norman Johnson was born on Staten Island, New York on 16 January 1925. His father was an electrician. In the afternoons...

John Treen met a friend at College Inn [Annotator's Note: Ye Olde College Inn Restaurant, New Orleans, Louisiana] one...

John “Johnny” Pesky found himself lost while flying during flight training. Landing in a farmer’s field, he admitted...

Shirley Chase Kruse was born in June 1922 in Kearny, New Jersey and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. Her father was a...

Richard Ford was in Panama City when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was in a bar when he found out. Panamanian police...

Paul Gibfried was born in Park Ridge, Illinois in September 1924. When he joined the Navy, he was investigated by the...

Romay Catherine Johnson Davis attended college in New York. She and all of her five brothers served in the military....

George Hamilton was born in April 1922 in West Monroe, Louisiana. Hamilton lived in five states before he was six years...

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

James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...

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