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James T. Lindsey was born in Marshall, Missouri in August 1924. He grew up with one sister. His parents owned a...

Ralph C. Franklin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 13 July 1920. Life was wonderful during his youth. Raised in a middle...

Rudy Huval was drafted into the Navy in 1955. He was in the Navy for two years. They would refuel ships at sea. They...

William Howard was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1921. He lived in Fort Worth until he was 11 years old then they moved...

A typical day aboard ship for Martin Jacobson consisted of reading and PT [Annotator's Note: physical training] on the...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Dye served in the Navy aboard USS LSM-232.] There were 60 men and 6 officers on their crew....

H. Lloyd Wilkerson was hosting business acquaintances at a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina when he heard a radio...

Charles "Chuck" Wisher was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1926. His father was in construction so at five years of...

Harold C. Cook entered the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

Thomas Long was born in January 1926 in Saint Louis, Missouri. His father died when he was only three years old,...

Frederick Haack was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York in 1920] and grew up in Wyoming where...

Edward Thomas Toole's most memorable moment was when Japan surrendered. That meant the war was over. That was a...

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